Basic Finance: An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments and Management
Part I: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 1.The Role of Financial Markets. 2.Investment Banking. 3.Securities Markets. 4.Financial Intermediaries. 5.The Federal Reserve. 6.International Currency Flows. Part 2: FINANCIAL TOOLS. 7. The Time Value of Money. 8. Risk and Its Measurement. 9. Analysis of Financial Statements. Part 3: INVESTMENTS. 10. The Features of Stock. 11. Stock Valuation. 12. The Features of Long-Term Debt--Bonds. 13. Bond Pricing and Yields. 14. Preferred Stock. 15. Convertible Securities. 16. Investment Returns. 17. Investment Companies. Part 4: CORPORATE FINANCE. 18. Forms of Business and Corporate Taxation. 19. Break-Even Analysis and the Payback Period. 20. Leverage. 21. Cost of Capital. 22. Capital Budgeting. 23. Forecasting. 24. Cash Budgeting. 25. Management of Current Assets. 26. Management of Short-Term Liabilities. 27. Intermediate-Term Debt and Leasing. Part 5: DERIVATIVES. 28. Options: Puts and Calls. 29. Futures. Appendix A: Interest Factors for the Future Value of One Dollar. Appendix B: Interest Factors for the Present Value of One Dollar. Appendix C: Interest Factors for the Future Value of an Annuity of One Dollar. Appendix D: Interest Factors for the Present Value of an Annuity of One Dollar. Appendix F: Answers to Selected Problems.