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BASIC FINANCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INVESTMENTS, AND MANAGEMENT uses a proven "modular" approach to help you learn finance concepts quickly and easily. Plus, this edition is enhanced with numerous Internet references, calculator exercises, and tie-ins with Microsoft r Excel, so you'll be on your way to using the technologies professionals use in the corporate world every day.

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	p. 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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Basic Finance An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments and Management

Basic Finance An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments and Management

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