Understanding Finance: Money, Capital, and Investments
0130933546

Karen D. Halpern, South Puget Sound Community College

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 352 pp

ISBN-10: 0130933546
ISBN-13:9780130933546

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Description

For freshman-level courses in finance.

Combining theory and practical knowledge of finance, this comprehensive yet accessible First Edition provides students with a text that is grounded in “real” business. Focusing on financial issues in local businesses and small- to medium-sized companies rather than Fortune 500 corporations, this text delivers a user-friendly introduction to the world of finance that answers the many basic “what” and “why” questions, furnishing students with a solid understanding of this intricate area of business that they can apply in the working world.

Table Of Contents


 1. Introduction: What is Finance?


 2. Key Financial Concepts.


 3. Money.


 4. The Federal Reserve and Other Central Banking Systems.


 5. Financial Institutions.


 6. Accounting Overview.


 7. Breakeven Analysis and Profit.


 8. Planning: Forecasting and Budgeting.


 9. Working Capital Management: The Management of Short Term Assets.


10. Capital Budgeting.


11. Mergers and Divestitures.


12. Investment Overview.


13. Types of Bonds and Their Valuation.


14. Equity.


Appendix A: Time Value of Money Charts.


Appendix B: MACRS Depreciation Schedules.
Features
  • Free CD-ROM bundled with each book.

    • Presents students with an interactive resource that contains additional problems, answers to the end of chapter discussion questions, and material needed to complete case studies.

  • Introduction to basic finance theories such as the time value of money and risk and return.

    • Explains the difficult subject of time value of money to students in an accessible narrative while providing user-friendly mathematical computations that students can understand.

  • Descriptions of concepts are given by using typical small business scenarios as examples—Such as buying a warehouse or purchasing a business.

    • Provides students with concrete examples that they can relate to and comprehend.

  • Sidebars and stories serve to illustrate theoretical ideas in an applied manner.

    • Furnishes students with intriguing stories and scenarios that motivate a stronger focus on and interest in the subject matter.

  • Coverage of theoretical concepts of money, the role of financial institutions, the Federal Reserve, and other central banks.

    • Offers students a solid foundation of financial theory, while providing instructors with a complete text that does not require outside readings.

  • Final section discusses investments, focusing on equities and bonds.

    • Delves into material of particular interest and relevance to students, such as how stocks and bonds are designed to finance a firm.

  • Boxed examples are integrated throughout the text that include current events, references to historical people and events, and suggestions about popular press business books with a finance theme.

    • Highlights significant information for students so they can grasp the concepts under study more easily as they work through the text.

  • Superior pedagogical package that includes learning objectives, a glossary, discussion questions, computation problems, and suggested project ideas and term paper topics.

    • Provides students with a host of helpful study aids that reinforces their comprehension of the material and motivates further study.

Instructor Supplements
Instructor's Manual On-line
Halpern
© 2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement;112 pages | Available
ISBN-10: 0130480762 | ISBN-13: 9780130480767