<p>This hands-on textbook for student managed investment funds (SMIFs) presents the applied material that textbooks on portfolios and investments always overlook.  Its focus on "how-to" questions summarizes the disciplines and skills necessary for trading.  Covering equities, hedge funds and derivatives, and fixed income, it captures the breadth and the detail necessary for developing and executing trading strategies.  Developed specifically for SMIF courses, the book features calculations, examples, and software that help students move from talking about markets to taking positions in them. </p><ul><li>Summarizes the disciplines and skills necessary for trading by means of a methodical pedagogy</li><U><li></U>Teaches readers to build a ranking model for securities and write a research report for a sell-side firm </li><li>Covers equities, fixed income, derivatives, and hedge funds  </li></ul><U> <p></U> </p>