This book is a simplified version of introduction to finance, compared to other financial management or corporate finance books which have more than 600 pages. It contains essential concepts, knowledge points, and applications of finance theory to be covered in one semester's timeframe. Other distinctive features include:
- providing plenty of examples to show how finance theory is applied in real world settings;
- illustrating step-by-step solutions to worked examples to result in higher learning gains;
- giving students hands-on experience through practice problems;
- demonstrating the BA II Plus calculator method and Excel spreadsheet method to most examples and appendices.
Preface
Module 1 The Time Value of Money
Module 2 Foundations of Finance
Module 3 Financial Markets and Contracts
Module 4 The Valuation of Financial Securities
Module 5 Interest Rate
Module 6 Capital Budgeting
Module 7 Risk and Return Trade-off
Module 8 Capital Structure
References
Appendix A BA II Plus Financial Calculator
Appendix B Excel for Time Value of Money Formula
Appendix C Excel for Standard Deviation of Probability Distribution