Chapter 1. Introduction to Finance
1.2 The Role of Finance in an Organization
1.3 Importance of Data and Technology
1.5 Markets and Participants
1.6 Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Matters
1.7 Financial Instruments
1.8 Concepts of Time and Value
Chapter 2. Corporate Structure and Governance
2.2 Relationship between Shareholders and Company Management
2.3 Role of the Board of Directors
2.4 Agency Issues: Shareholders and Corporate Boards
2.5 Interacting with Investors, Intermediaries, and Other Market Participants
2.6 Companies in Domestic and Global Markets
Chapter 3. Economic Foundations: Money and Rates
3.3 Business Cycles and Economic Activity
3.5 Foreign Exchange Rates
3.6 Sources and Characteristics of Economic Data
Chapter 4. Accrual Accounting Process
4.1 Cash versus Accrual Accounting
4.2 Economic Basis for Accrual Accounting
4.3 How Does a Company Recognize a Sale and an Expense?
4.4 When Should a Company Capitalize or Expense an Item?
4.5 What Is "Profit" versus "Loss" for the Company?
Chapter 5. Financial Statements
5.3 The Relationship between the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement
5.4 The Statement of Owner's Equity
5.5 The Statement of Cash Flows
5.6 Operating Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow to the Firm (FCFF)
5.7 Common-Size Statements
5.8 Reporting Financial Activity
Chapter 6. Measures of Financial Health
6.1 Ratios: Condensing Information into Smaller Pieces
6.2 Operating Efficiency Ratios
6.6 Profitability Ratios and the DuPont Method
Chapter 7. Time Value of Money I: Single Payment Value
7.1 Now versus Later Concepts
7.2 Time Value of Money (TVM) Basics
7.3 Methods for Solving Time Value of Money Problems
7.4 Applications of TVM in Finance
Chapter 8. Time Value of Money II: Equal Multiple Payments
8.4 Stated versus Effective Rates
8.5 Equal Payments with a Financial Calculator and Excel
Chapter 9. Time Value of Money III: Unequal Multiple Payments Values
9.2 Unequal Payments Using a Financial Calculator or Microsoft Excel
Chapter 10. Bonds and Bond Valuation
10.1 Characteristics of Bonds
10.3 Using the Yield Curve
10.4 Risks of Interest Rates and Default
10.5 Using Spreadsheets to Solve Bond Problems
Chapter 11. Stocks and Stock Valuation
11.1 Multiple Approaches to Stock Valuation
11.2 Dividend Discount Models (DDMs)
11.3 Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Model
Chapter 12. Historical Performance of US Markets
12.1 Overview of US Financial Markets
12.2 Historical Picture of Inflation
12.3 Historical Picture of Returns to Bonds
12.4 Historical Picture of Returns to Stocks
Chapter 13. Statistical Analysis in Finance
13.3 Measures of Position
13.4 Statistical Distributions
13.5 Probability Distributions
13.6 Data Visualization and Graphical Displays
13.7 The R Statistical Analysis Tool
Chapter 14. Regression Analysis in Finance
14.1 Correlation Analysis
14.2 Linear Regression Analysis
14.3 Best-Fit Linear Model
14.4 Regression Applications in Finance
14.5 Predictions and Prediction Intervals
14.6 Use of R Statistical Analysis Tool for Regression Analysis
Chapter 15. How to Think about Investing
15.1 Risk and Return to an Individual Asset
15.2 Risk and Return to Multiple Assets
15.3 The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
15.4 Applications in Performance Measurement
15.5 Using Excel to Make Investment Decisions
Chapter 16. How Companies Think about Investing
16.1 Payback Period Method
16.2 Net Present Value (NPV) Method
16.3 Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Method
16.5 Choosing between Projects
16.6 Using Excel to Make Company Investment Decisions
Chapter 17. How Firms Raise Capital
17.1 The Concept of Capital Structure
17.2 The Costs of Debt and Equity Capital
17.3 Calculating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital
17.4 Capital Structure Choices
17.5 Optimal Capital Structure
17.6 Alternative Sources of Funds
Chapter 18. Financial Forecasting
18.1 The Importance of Forecasting
18.3 Pro Forma Financials
18.4 Generating the Complete Forecast
18.5 Forecasting Cash Flow and Assessing the Value of Growth
18.6 Using Excel to Create the Long-Term Forecast
Chapter 19. The Importance of Trade Credit and Working Capital in Planning
19.1 What Is Working Capital?
19.2 What Is Trade Credit?
19.4 Receivables Management
19.5 Inventory Management
19.6 Using Excel to Create the Short-Term Plan
Chapter 20. Risk management and the Financial Manager
20.1 The Importance of Risk Management
20.2 Commodity Price Risk
20.3 Exchange Rates and Risk
