Description
Book SynopsisThe maths, the formulas, and the problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated, but help is at hand.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Corporate Finance 5
Chapter 1: Introducing Corporate Finance 7
Chapter 2: Navigating the World of Corporate Finance 15
Chapter 3: Raising Money for Business Purposes 35
Part II: Reading Financial Statements as a Second Language 45
Chapter 4: Seeing What You’re Worth with the Balance Sheet 47
Chapter 5: Getting Paid with the Profit and Loss Account 59
Chapter 6: Easy Come, Easy Go: Understanding the Cash Flow Statement 69
Chapter 7: Making Financial Statements Useful with Ratio Analysis 77
Chapter 8: Measuring Financial Wellbeing with Special-Use Ratios 97
Part III: Placing Valuations on the Price Tags of Business 115
Chapter 9: Determining Present and Future Values: Time Is Money 117
Chapter 10: Looking to the Future with Capital Budgeting 125
Chapter 11: Bringing on Your Best Bond Bets 143
Chapter 12: Being Savvy When Shopping for Shares 159
Chapter 13: Measuring Valuations of the May-Be: Derivatives 177
Part IV: Walking in a Risk Management Wonderland 189
Chapter 14: Managing the Risky Business of Corporate Finances 191
Chapter 15: Through the Looking Glass of Modern Portfolio Theory 203
Chapter 16: Entering the Science Lab: Financial Engineering 223
Chapter 17: Assessing Capital Structure 239
Part V: Understanding Financial Management 249
Chapter 18: Assessing Financial Performance 251
Chapter 19: Forecasting Finances Is Easier than Predicting the Weather 273
Chapter 20: Spelling out the ABC of M&A 289
Part VI: The Part of Tens 309
Chapter 21: Ten Things You Need to Know about International Finance 311
Chapter 22: Ten Things You Need to Understand about Behavioural Finance 325
Index 337
