Principles of Finance
Part I: GENERAL FINANCE CONCEPTS. 1 An Overview of Finance. 2 Financial Assets (Instruments). 3 Financial Markets and the Investment Banking Process. 4 Financial Intermediaries and the Banking System. 5 The Cost of Money (Interest Rates). Part II: GENERAL BUSINESS CONCEPTS. 6 Business Organizations and the Tax Environment. Appendix 6A: 2011 Tax Rate Schedule. 7 Analysis of Financial Statements. 8 Financial Planning and Control. Appendix 8A: Projected Financial Statements--Including Financing Feedbacks. Part III: FUNDAMENTALS OF VALUation. 9 The Time Value of Money. Appendix 9A: Generating an Amortization Schedule--Financial Calculator Solution and Spreadsheet Solution. 10 Valuation Concepts. 11 Risk and Rates of Return. Part IV:CORPORATE DECISION MAKING. 12 The Cost of Capital. 13 Capital Budgeting. Appendix 13A: Depreciation. Appendix 13B: Using a Spreadsheet to Compute NPV and IRR. 14 Capital Structure and Dividend Policy Decisions. 15 Working Capital Management. Part V: INVESTOR DECISION MAKING. 16 Investment Concepts. 17 Security Valuation and Selection. Appendix A Using Spreadsheets to Solve Financial Problems. Appendix B Solutions to Self-Test Problems. Appendix C Answers to End-of-Chapter Problems. Appendix D Selected Equations.