Each copy of the text includes a free subscription to Stock-Trak®, a real-world portfolio trading simulation that gives students $500,000 in an online brokerage account, allowing them to trade stocks, options, futures, bonds, mutual funds, and international stocks. Stock-Trak exercises are integrated into the textbook and help students apply topics being learned. Free Stock-Trak and integrated Stock-Trak Portfolio Simulations are exclusive to the Corrado and Jordan's Fundamentals of Investments text.

Web links are provided in the margins. These are based on web addresses found in the chapter narrative and provide students with a quick way to check for current and additional information using the Internet.

"Check This" boxes conclude each major section in a chapter. They are questions for review that help students test their understanding of material before moving on to the next section.

"Investment Updates" readings are reprinted from various business press sources that provide additional real-world events and examples to illustrate the material in the chapter. Many articles are from the past two years to highlight very recent events, while others present events of more historical significance.

"Get Real" boxes are for instructors looking to give their students a taste of what it means to be an investment manager. This feature concludes each chapter (located just before the summary) and explains to students how they can actually apply the material they just learned. They encourage students--whether for practice, in a trading simulation, or with real money--to choose investments and make investment decisions and also provide some helpful tips to keep in mind.

Separate numbered and titled examples are integrated throughout the chapters. Each example illustrates an intuitive or mathematical application in a step-by-step format. There is enough detail in the explanations so the student doesn't have to look elsewhere for additional information.

Each new text includes a FREE self-study CD-ROM that contains a tutorial program to provide questions written specifically for this text. Students can choose one chapter, or a number of chapters, and the program will select random questions to be answered. Special care was taken to ensure that these questions are not duplicated in the Test Bank.

Each chapter ends with a summary that highlights the important points of the chapter. This also provides a handy checklist for students when they review the chapter.