Basic Finance : An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments and Management
ISBN: 9780324322293 | 0324322291
Edition: 9thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Pub. Date: 2/9/2006
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Discover a great value with this well-written, well-illustrated survey of the field of finance. BASIC FINANCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INVESTMENTS, AND MANAGEMENT, 9th Edition by Herbert B. Mayo discusses the three primary aspects of finance?financial institutions, investments, and management?and examines how these aspects interrelate. Mayo presents this information using a modular format, designed to enhance student understanding and simplify your teaching experience. Each chapter offers a concise, self-contained treatment o... MORE
| Preface | p. xix |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| Financial Institutions | p. 10 |
| The Role of Financial Markets | p. 12 |
| Investment Banking | p. 22 |
| Securities Markets | p. 34 |
| Financial Intermediaries | p. 51 |
| The Federal Reserve | p. 67 |
| International Currency Flows | p. 90 |
| Financial Tools | p. 104 |
| The Time Value of Money | ... MOREp. 106 |
| Risk and Its Measurement | p. 139 |
| Analysis of Financial Statements | p. 167 |
| Investments | p. 214 |
| The Features of Stock | p. 216 |
| Stock Valuation | p. 237 |
| The Features of Long-Term Debt-Bonds | p. 254 |
| Bond Pricing and Yields | p. 271 |
| Preferred Stock | p. 283 |
| Convertible Securities | p. 292 |
| Investment Returns | p. 307 |
| Investment Companies | p. 316 |
| Corporate Finance | p. 338 |
| Forms of Business and Corporate Taxation | p. 340 |
| Break-Even Analysis and the Payback Period | p. 349 |
| Leverage | p. 359 |
| Cost of Capital | p. 374 |
| Capital Budgeting | p. 399 |
| Forecasting | p. 436 |
| Cash Budgeting | p. 462 |
| Management of Current Assets | p. 472 |
| Management of Short-Term Liabilities | p. 508 |
| Intermediate-Term Debt and Leasing | p. 529 |
| Derivatives | p. 542 |
| Options: Puts and Calls | p. 544 |
| Futures | p. 563 |
| Interest Factors for the Future Value of One Dollar | p. 579 |
| Interest Factors for the Present Value of One Dollar | p. 581 |
| Interest Factors for the Future Value of an Annuity of One Dollar | p. 583 |
| Interest Factors for the Present Value of an Annuity of One Dollar | p. 585 |
| Using Excel to Solve Financial Problems | p. 587 |
| Answers to Selected Problems | p. 615 |
| Index | p. 625 |
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