Introduction to Finance Book

1. The Financial Environment: Firms, Investors and Markets.

I. THE FINANCIAL MARKETPLACE.

2. Financial Institutions and Markets.

3. Corporate Securities: Bonds and Stocks.

4. Interest Rate Fundamentals.

II. FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR FIRMS AND INVESTORS.

5. Time Value of Money.

6. Risk and Return.

7. Valuation.

8. Financial Statements and Analysis.

III. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

9. The Firm and Its Financial Environment.

10. Capital Budgeting: Cash Flow Principles.

11. Capital Budgeting Techniques: Certainty and Risk.

12. Cost of Capital.

13. Capital Structure and Dividends.

14. Financial Planning.

15. Short-Term Financial Management.

IV. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.

16. Investment Information and Transactions.

17. How External Forces Affect Firm's Value.

18. Investing in Stocks.

19. Investing in Bonds.

20. Mutual Funds and Asset Allocation.

21. Derivative Securities.

V. HOW INVESTORS MONITOR AND CONTROL A FIRM'S MANAGERS.

22. Corporate Control and Governance.

Appendix A. Financial Tables.

Appendix B. Answers and Solutions to Self-Test Exercises.

Appendix C. Fantasy Stock Market Game Web Exercise.

Credits.

Index.