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.
This note describes the following topics: Nature
and Scope of Financial Management, The Value of Money, Ratio Analysis, Cost of
Capital, Capital Structure Decisions and Leverages.
Author(s): Prof. Suhas Pednekar, Ravindra D.
Kulkarni and Prakash Mahanwar
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.
This note explains the following topics: Money and Banking From A Historical and Theoretical Perspective, Banking
Operations, Banking Risks and Regulation, Securities Markets, The Balance of
Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Public Finance and Taxation .
This PDF book covers the following topics related to Introduction
to Financial Accounting : Introduction to Financial Accounting, The Accounting
Process, Financial Accounting and the Use of Adjusting Entries, The Classified
Balance Sheet and Related Disclosures, Accounting for the Sale of Goods,
Assigning Costs to Merchandize, Cash and Receivables, Long-lived Assets, Debt
Financing: Current and Non-current Liabilities, Debt Financing: Bonds, Equity
Financing, Proprietorships and Partnerships, Financial Statement Analysis.
Author(s): David Annand, Athabasca University ,
Henry Dauderis
This PDF book covers
the following topics related to Finance : Introduction, Payment Streams under
Certainty, Arbitrage pricing in a one-period model, Arbitrage pricing in the
multi-period model, Option pricing, The Black-Scholes formula, Stochastic
Interest Rates, Portfolio Theory, Factor Models of Returns: Arbitrage Pricing
Theory, Corporate Finance: Firms’ Financial Decisions, Efficient Capital
Markets.
The objective of this note is to impart knowledge and skills
about concept, theories, policies and techniques in financial management so
that these can be applied in taking rational business and financial
decisions.