PREFACE V
PART I General Finance Concepts
1 An Overview of Finance
2 Financial Assets (Instruments)
3 Finantbl Markets and the Investment Banking Process
4 Financial Intermediaries and the Banking svstem
5 Thc Cost ofMoney(Interest Rates)
PART II General Business Concepts
6 Busmess Organizations and the Tax Environment
Appendix 6A:2002 Tax Rate schedules
7 Analysis of Financial Smtemenm
8 Financial Planning and Control
Appendix 8A:Projected Financial Statements--Including Financial Feedbacks
PART III Fundamentals of Valuation
9 The Time Valuc of Money
Appendix9A:UsingInterest TablestoSolve TlffleValueofMoneyProblems
Appendix9B:ComputingthePresent Value of an Uneven Cash Flow Stream Using a
Financial Calculator
Appendix 9C:Generating an Amortization Schedule for a Loan using a Financial
Calculator
10 Valuation Concepts
11 Risk and Rates of Return
Appendix 11A:Calculating Beta Coefficients
PART IV Corporate Decision Making
12 Thc cost of Capital
13 Capital Budgeting
Appendix 13A:Depreciation
14 Capital Structure and Dividend Policy Decisions
15 Working Capital Management
PART V Investor Decision Making
16 Investment Concepts
17 Security Valnation and Selection
APPENDOX A Mathematical Tables A-1
APPENDOX B Solutions to Self-Test Problems B-1
APPENDIX c Answers to End-of-Chapter Problems C-1
APPENDIX D Selected Equations D-1
INDEX 1-1