Table Of Contents
I. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCE. 1. Goals and Functions of Finance.
2. Concepts in Valuation.
3. Market Risk and Returns.
4. Multi Variable and Factor Valuation.
5. Valuation From a Relative Viewpoint. Appendix: Put-Call Parity.
II. INVESEMENT IN ASSETS AND REQUIRED RETURNS. 6. Principles of Capital Investment.
7. Risk and Managerial Options in Capital Budgeting.
8. Creating Value Through Capital Investments.
9. Required Returns for Companies, Division, and Acquisitions.
III. FINANCING AND DIVIDEND POLICIES. 10. Theory of Capital Structure.
11. Making Capital Structure Decisions. Appendix: Bankruptcy Costs.
12. Dividend-Payout Ratio and Valuation. Appendix: Personal Income Tax Provisions.
13. Other Aspects of Dividend Policy.
IV. MANAGEMENT OF LIQUIDITY AND CURRENT ASSETS. 14. Working Capital Management and Efficient Market Considerations.
15. Management of Cash and Marketable Securities.
16. Management of Accounts Receivable and Inventories. Appendix: Application of Discriminant Analysis to the Selection of Accounts.
V. SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM FINANCING. 17. Unsecured Short-Term Financing.
18. Secured Loans and Term Financing.
19. Lease Financing.
VI. LONG-TERM FINANCING. 20. Changing Financial Markets.
21. Issuing Securities.
22. Fixed-Income Financing and Pension Liability.
23. Option Financing: Warrants and Convertibles.
VII. EXPANSION AND RESTRUCTURING. 24. Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control.
25. Corporate Restructuring.
26. International Financial Management.
VIII. TOOLS OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND CONTROL. 27. Financial Ratio Analysis. Appendix: Inflation and Financial Analysis.
28. Financial Planning.
APPENDICES. Appendix A: Remedies for a Failing Company.
Appendix Problems.
Appendix B: Present-Value Tables and Normal Probability Distribution Table.
Index.
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