ch. 1. Why the stock market and its efficiency are so important
ch. 2. How shares are traded and valued
ch. 3. The efficient capital markets hypothesis
ch. 4. Market irrationality : bubbles, manias, panics and crashes
ch. 5. Out-performing the market : the case of mergers and takeovers
ch. 6. The regulation of the markets
ch. 7. Market abuse
ch. 8. The role, use and abuse of financial and accounting data : information asymmetry
ch. 9. The way forward.