Financial Management: Core Concepts, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (12 January 2018) © 2019

  • Raymond Brooks Oregon State University

Title overview

Using a student-focused approach, Financial Management: Core Concepts presents the key elements of financial operations. You'll use tools to build your skills and test your knowledge by forging connections between ideas and applying them to real-world situations.

The 4th Edition features the latest financial information available. It also makes finance interesting and accessible to non-finance majors by exploring this field across all disciplines and relating it to your own personal experiences.

Table of contents

PART 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND BASIC TOOLS OF FINANCE

  1. Financial Management
  2. Financial Statements
  3. The Time Value of Money (Part 1)
  4. The Time Value of Money (Part 2)
  5. Interest Rates

PART 2: VALUING STOCKS AND BONDS AND UNDERSTANDING RISK AND RETURN

  1. Bonds and Bond Valuation
  2. Stocks and Stock Valuation
  3. Risk and Return

PART 3: CAPITAL BUDGETING

  1. Capital Budgeting Decision Models
  2. Cash Flow Estimation
  3. The Cost of Capital

PART 4: FINANCIAL PLANNING AND EVALUATING PERFORMANCE

  1. Forecasting and Short-Term Financial Planning
  2. Working Capital Management
  3. Financial Ratios and Firm Performance

PART 5: OTHER SELECTED FINANCE TOPICS

  1. Raising Capital
  2. Capital Structure
  3. Dividends, Dividend Policy, and Stock Splits
  4. International Financial Management

APPENDICES

  1. Future Value Interest Factors
  2. Present Value Interest Factors
  3. Future Value Interest Factors of an Annuity
  4. Present Value Interest Factors of an Annuity
  5. Answers to Prepping for Exam Questions

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