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 
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
Business Finance Online Notes by Tim
Finance is a broad term that is used regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investment. This PDF book covers the following topics related to Business Finance : Introduction to Finance, Time Value of Money, Interest Rates, Bonds, Bankruptcy and Reoganization, Financial Statements and Free Cash Flow, Analysis of Financial Statements, Stock Valuation, Risk and Return, Cost of Capital, Capital Budgeting and Evaluating Cash Flows, Project Cash Flow Estimation, Corporate Governance.
Author(s): Tim Murray, PhD Virginia Military Institute
104 Pages
Public Finance by University Of Mumbai
Public Finance is the study of government policy from the point of economic efficiency and equity. Topics covered includes: Sound Finance and Functional Finance, Fiscal Policy: Budget and Taxation, Indian Public Finance.
Author(s): University Of Mumbai
123 Pages
International Financial Management Lecture Notes
This note explains the following topics: Foreign Exchange (FX) Markets, Bonus Coverage, Determinants of FX Rates, Currency Derivatives, Government Influence on FX Rates, Bonus Coverage: Central Banks, Arbitrage in FX Markets, Theories of FX Determination, Forecasting Exchange Rates, Measuring FX Exposure, Managing Economic Exposure, Multinational Capital Budgeting, Long Term Financing Bonds.
Author(s): Rauli Susmel
256 Pages
An Introduction to Computational Finance
This note covers the following topics: The First Option Trade, The Black-Scholes Equation, The Risk Neutral World, Monte Carlo Methods, The Binomial Model, Derivative Contracts on non-traded Assets and Real Options, Discrete Hedging, Derivative Contracts on non-traded Assets and Real Options, Discrete Hedging, Jump Diffusion, Regime Switching, Mean Variance Portfolio Optimization.
Author(s): Peter Forsyth
123 Pages
Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance
Objective of this note is to provide a basic framework of public finance at the macroeconomic level, starting from fiscal and monetary policy in a standard macroeconomics, public debt in a growing economy, cost-benefit analysis, public goods, international debt and international tax issues. Topics covered includes: Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Structure of the Budgetary Process, Revenue Forecasting, Public Debt, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Public Goods and Bads, Local Public Finance, Finance and Development, International Issues in Public Finance and Social Security
Author(s): Hitotsubashi University
NA Pages
This course introduces ideas and techniques that form the foundations of theory of finance. Topics covered includes: Individual decision making, Game Theory, Economics of Information, Market Microstructure, Choice Under Uncertainty, Equilibrium and Efficiency, Financial Markets, Mean Variance Analysis.
Author(s): Sandeep Kapur
NA 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
This course note introduces the core theory of modern financial economics and financial management, with a focus on capital markets and investments. Topics include functions of capital markets and financial intermediaries, asset valuation, fixed-income securities, common stocks, capital budgeting, diversification and portfolio selection, equilibrium pricing of risky assets, the theory of efficient markets, and an introduction to derivatives and options.
Author(s): Prof.Andrew Lo
NA Pages
Lecture Notes Financial Econometrics (PDF 554P)
This course note attempts to provide a fairly deep understanding of topical issues in asset pricing and deliver econometric methods in which to develop research agenda in financial economics.
Author(s): Professor Doron E. Avramov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
554 Pages
