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
A formal study of International Macroeconomics with emphasis on financial
crises and policy responses in open economies. Topics covered include:
macroeconomic equilibrium in open economies, theories of current account and
exchange rate determination, the effects of exchange rate adjustments,
macroeconomic policy under fixed and floating exchange rates, currency
crises, and financial contagion.
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.
This note introduces key
concepts and issues in finance. Topics covered includes: From claims to value,
Value for Issuers, Exchange mechanisms, Modern Finance, Asymmetric Information,
Pricing riskless Bonds, Risk, The Portfolio approach to risk, Market efficiency,
Intermediaries and assets, Options and Hedging, Government and financial
structure.
This note covers the following topics: Financial Statements in
Financial Analysis, Corporate Financial Risk Measures, Corporate Financial
Planning, Taxation and Investment Returns, The Mathematics of Finance, Fixed
Income Securities and Debt Markets, Equity Securities and Equity Markets,
Business Investments, Cost of Capital and Corporate Performance Evaluation.
International Financial Management is a well-known
term in today’s world and it is also known as international finance. It means
financial management in an international business environment. This book covers
the following topics: Multinational Financial Management, Evolution Of
International Monetary and Financial System, Management Of Short-term Assets and
Liabilities, International Capital Budgeting Decision, Foreign Investment
Decision, Political and Country Risk Management, Cost Of Capital Of
Multinational Firm, Capital Structure of Multinational Firm, Dividend Policy of
a Multinational Firm, Taxation Of Multinational Firm and Long-term Sources of
Funds for A Multinational Company.
Author(s): Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and
Technology, Hisar - Haryana
This book covers the following
topics: What Society does for the Laborer, Capital and Labor, Starvation
Wages, One Dollar, Value cannot be given by Government, The Value of Paper
Money, Why has the Greenback any Value, The Mystery of Money, Evil of a
Depreciating Currency: A Few Facts, The Lessons of History, The Public Faith,
The Cause and the Remedy.
This
report describes the technologies now and likely to be available to providers and users of financial services. It analyzes the present structure of
the financial service industry, its service offerings, its relationships with
users of financial services, and observable trends.
This book covers the following
topics: Interest Rate Calculations, Bond Conventions, Bond Portfolios,
Interest Rate Models, Basic Properties of Futures and Options, Binomial Option
Pricing Model, Black-Scholes Model and the Distribution of Asset Prices, FX
and Interest Rate Options, Trading Volatility.
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