Basic Financial Literacy
This note consist of basic financial literacy encompassing various areas that are very pertinent to the understanding of finance. Topics covered includes: Meaning, Nature And Types Of Investment, Venture Creation, Diversification as a Basis Of Investment Portfolio, Investing Wisely in Capital Market Using Hedging, Investing Wisely in Capital Market Using Arbitrage, Investing Wisely in Capital Market Using Speculation, Investment in Derivatives, Investment Portfolio in Properties and Commodities, Leveraging On Debts and Venture Capital In Creating Wealth, Intellectual Property and Royalties, Financial Market Instruments, Capital Gains and Continuous Cash Flows, Personal Financial Planning, Maintaining Savings Account For Cash Reserves, Planning For Contingency Fund, Insurance and Risk Hedging, Understanding Tax Issues.
Author(s): National Open University of Nigeria
185 Pages 
International Finance University Of Mumbai
This note describes the following topics: The History of International Monetary System, Modern Exchange Rate Management Systems, Eurocurrency Markets, The Foreign Exchange ManagementAct , Determination of Exchange Rate, Purchasing Power Parity Theory, Interest Rate Parity Theory, Modern Foreign Exchange Markets , Forex Market Deals , International DEBT Market, International Equity Market and Instruments.
Author(s): University Of Mumbai
106 Pages
This note covers the following topics: Accounting Statements and Cash Flow, Financial Markets and NPV First Principles of Finance, Net Present Value, How to Value Bonds and Stocks, Some Alternative Investment Rules, NPV and Capital Budgeting, Strategy and Analysis in Using NPV, Capital Market Theory, Return and Risk CAPM, An Alternative View of Risk and Return APT, Risk, cost of Capital, and Capital Budget, Corporate financing Decisions and Efficient Capital Market, Long Term Financing An Introduction, Capital Structure Basic Concepts, Capital Structure: Limits to the Use of Debt, Valuation and Capital Budgeting for the Levered Firm, Dividend policy, Issuing Securities to the Public, Long Term Debt, Leasing, Options and Corporate Finance Basic Concepts, Options and Corporate Finance: Extensions and Applications, Warrants and Convertibles, Derivatives and Hedging Risk, Mergers and acquisitions and Financial Distress.
Author(s): Zhipeng Yan
59 Pages
Principles of Finance by Julie Dahlquist
This book available both in PDF and online covers the following topics related to Principles of Finance : Introduction to Finance, Corporate Structure and Governance, Economic Foundations: Money and Rates, Accrual Accounting Process, Financial Statements, Measures of Financial Health, Time Value of Money I: Single Payment Value, Time Value of Money II: Equal Multiple Payments, Time Value of Money III: Unequal Multiple Payments Values, Bonds and Bond Valuation, Stocks and Stock Valuation, Historical Performance of US Markets, Statistical Analysis in Finance, Regression Analysis in Finance, How to Think about Investing, How Companies Think about Investing, How Firms Raise Capital,The Importance of Trade Credit and Working Capital in Planning, Risk management and the Financial Manager.
Author(s): Julie Dahlquist, Texas Christian University, Rainford Knight, Florida Atlantic University, Alan S. Adams, Dean College
NA Pages
International Finance Lecture Notes by Costas Arkolakis
The aim of this note is that the students develop an understanding of the main implications of increasing integration of the world economy. This note will be divided in two sections. The first section will be more like a traditional lecture class and will focus on theoretical models and empirical facts. The second section will be more like a seminar course with presentations by students and wide discussion on topics in international finance and international macroeconomics.
Author(s): Costas Arkolakis
NA Pages
Goal of this note is to teach an introduction relevant for computer scientists, which may be both broader and shallower than traditional Computational Finance. Topics coverted includes: Derivatives, Time Series Analysis, Trading, Investment Strategies, Fundamentals of Investing, Stocks vs. Bonds, Financial Markets, Common Stocks, Stock Prices.
Author(s): Steven Skiena
NA Pages
Computer Intensive Methods For Stochastic Models in Finance
This note explains the Simulation of random variables, stochastic processes and stochastic models in finance.
Author(s): Don L. Mcleish
NA Pages
This book covers the following topics: Finance Function : Scope and Objectives, Financial Resources : Long Term, Medium Term and Short Term Financial Resources with Reference to India, Capital Structured Decisions, The Cost of Capital, Capital Budgeting, Working Capital Management, Management in Cash, Management of Receivables, Inventory Management, Dividend Decisions, Business Failures and Mergers, Ratio Analysis and Funds Flow Statement.
Author(s): Directorate of Distance Education, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar
345 Pages
International Financial Environment
This note is designed to familiarize students with international financial transactions and Operational aspects of foreign exchange markets. One of the major objectives of developing this course note has been to bring in the recent happenings in international finance arena. It focus more on the practical aspects of international finance in conjunction to theoretical constructs.
Author(s): NAPTEL
NA Pages
International Finance Theory and Policy
This book covers the following topics: Introductory Finance Issues: Current Patterns, Past History, and International Institutions, National Income and the Balance of Payments Accounts, The Whole Truth about Trade Imbalances, Foreign Exchange Markets and Rates of Return, Interest Rate Parity, Purchasing Power Parity, Interest Rate Determination, Policy Effects with Floating Exchange Rates, Fixed Exchange Rates, Policy Effects with Fixed Exchange Rates.
Author(s): Steve Suranovic
465 Pages
This course note covers econometric and statistical methods as applied to finance.
Author(s): Jianqing Fan
NA Pages
