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Financial institutions, investments and management : an introduction
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8h ed.
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Indianapolis, IN : Howard W Sams & Co 2004
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9780030312984

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A well-written, well-illustrated survey of the field of finance covering the three major components of the discipline: financial institutions, investments, and financial management. The text is designed for the beginning student with minimal or no background in finance or related topics. Relevant economic and accounting concepts are either reviewed or treated as if the student has no prior exposure. The text is paperback represents a great value as it is less expensive than competitors.


Table of Contents

Prefacep. xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction to Financep. 1
The Divisions of Financep. 2
Key Financial Conceptsp. 3
Finance and Other Business Disciplinesp. 7
Plan of the Textp. 8
Part I Financial Institutionsp. 10
Chapter 2 The Creation of Financial Assetsp. 13
Forms of Businessp. 14
The Role of Moneyp. 18
The Role of Interest Ratesp. 20
The Transfer of Funds to Businessp. 23
The Direct Transfer: The Issuing and Selling of New Securitiesp. 24
The Indirect Transfer Through Financial Intermediariesp. 31
Summaryp. 45
Review Questionsp. 46
Chapter 3 The Federal Reserve and the Supply and Cost of Creditp. 49
The Role of the Federal Reserve Systemp. 50
The Expansion of Money and Creditp. 55
The Tools of Monetary Policyp. 62
The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Credit Marketsp. 65
Impact of an Inflationary Economic Environment on Credit Marketsp. 68
The Impact of International Currency Flows on Credit Marketsp. 73
Summaryp. 85
Review Questionsp. 86
Problemsp. 88
Chapter 4 The Role of Securities Marketsp. 89
Securities Marketsp. 90
The Mechanics of Investing in Securitiesp. 95
Measures of Security Pricesp. 99
Regulationp. 102
Foreign Securitiesp. 104
Competition in the Security Marketsp. 105
Summaryp. 108
Review Questionsp. 109
Problemsp. 110
Part II Investmentsp. 112
Chapter 5 The Tiem Value of Moneyp. 115
The Future Value of a Dollarp. 116
The Present Value of a Dollarp. 122
The Future Value of an Annuityp. 125
The Present Value of an Annuityp. 131
Illustrations of Compounding and Discountingp. 135
Nonannual Compoundingp. 144
Periods of Less Than One Yearp. 145
Summaryp. 146
The Equations for the Interest Factorsp. 147
Review Questionsp. 148
Problemsp. 148
Chapter 6 Risk and Its Managementp. 153
The Return on an Investmentp. 154
The Sources of Riskp. 155
Beta Coefficientsp. 167
The Capital Asset Pricing Model and an Investment's Required Returnp. 175
Summaryp. 178
Review Questionsp. 178
Problemsp. 179
Appendix Using Excel to Compute Standard Deviations and Regressions Equationsp. 183
Chapter 7 Equity: Preferred and Common Stockp. 187
Equityp. 188
The Features of Preferred Stockp. 190
Preferred Stock and Bonds Contrastedp. 191
Analysis of Preferred Stockp. 193
Disadvantages of Preferred Stock From an Investor's Perspectivep. 194
Common Stockp. 195
Dividend Policyp. 197
Cash Dividendsp. 204
Stock Dividendsp. 206
Stock Splitsp. 207
Dividend Reinvestment Plansp. 210
Repurchase of Stockp. 210
Summaryp. 211
Review Questionsp. 212
Problemsp. 213
Chapter 8 Valuation of Stockp. 217
Valuation of Preferred Stockp. 218
Valuation of Common Stock: The Present Value and the Growth of Dividendsp. 220
Risk and Stock Valuationp. 225
Alternative Valuation Techniques: Multiplier Modelsp. 228
Summaryp. 230
Review Questionsp. 231
Problemsp. 232
Chapter 9 Investing in Long-Term Debt (Bonds)p. 237
Characteristics of All Debt Instrumentsp. 238
Types of Corporate Bondsp. 241
Foreign Bondsp. 245
Registered and Book Entry Bondsp. 246
Determination of the Price of a Bondp. 246
Yieldsp. 250
Retiring Debtp. 256
Convertible Bonds and Convertible Preferred Stockp. 258
Convertible Preferred Stockp. 268
Government Securitiesp. 269
Summaryp. 273
Review Questionsp. 274
Problemsp. 275
Chapter 10 Analysis of Financial Statementsp. 279
General Accounting Principlesp. 280
The Balance Sheetp. 281
The Income Statementp. 287
Statement of Cash Flowsp. 289
Limitations of Accounting Datap. 293
Depreciationp. 294
Losses and Tax Savingsp. 300
Ratio Analysisp. 302
Liquidity Ratiosp. 304
Activity Ratiosp. 307
Profitability Ratiosp. 312
Leverage Ratiosp. 314
Coverage Ratiosp. 318
Analysis of Financial Statements and the Internetp. 320
Analysis of Financial Statements and the Use of Excel Spreadsheetsp. 322
Summaryp. 326
Review Questionsp. 327
Problemsp. 328
Chapter 11 Investment Companiesp. 335
Investment Companies: Origins and Terminologyp. 336
Closed-End Investment Companiesp. 338
Mutual Fundsp. 342
The Returns Earned on Investments in Mutual Fundsp. 347
Selecting a Mutual Fundp. 350
Index Funds and Exchange-Traded Fundsp. 353
Summaryp. 354
Review Questionsp. 354
Problemsp. 356
Part III Corporate Financep. 358
Chapter 12 Break-Even Analysis and Leveragep. 361
Break-Even Analysisp. 362
Operating Leveragep. 366
Financial Leveragep. 370
Financial Leverage and Riskp. 373
Financial Leverage Through Preferred Stock Financingp. 377
Summaryp. 378
Review Questionsp. 379
Problemsp. 379
Chapter 13 Cost of Capitalp. 383
Components of the Cost of Capitalp. 384
Cost of Capital: A Weighted Averagep. 391
The Optimal Capital Structurep. 393
The Marginal Cost of Capitalp. 395
The Optimal Capital Structure and the Value of the Firm's Stockp. 399
Cost of Capital Review and Problem Areasp. 402
Summaryp. 403
Review Questionsp. 404
Problemsp. 405
Chapter 14 Capital Budgetingp. 409
Valuation and Long-Term Investment Decisionsp. 411
Importance of Cash Flowp. 412
Payback Periodp. 414
Introduction to Discounted Cash Flows Methods of Capital Budgetingp. 416
Net Present Valuep. 417
Internal Rate of Returnp. 419
Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return Comparedp. 421
Ranking Investment Opportunitiesp. 427
The Introduction of Risk into Capital Budgetingp. 434
Risk Adjustments in Capital Budgetingp. 436
Adjusting the Discount Ratep. 439
Summaryp. 443
Review Questionsp. 444
Problemsp. 445
Chapter 15 Planning: Forecasting and Budgetingp. 453
Planningp. 454
Fluctuations in Asset Requirementsp. 456
Forecasting External Financial Requirements: Percent of Salesp. 457
Forecasting External Financial Requirements: Regression Analysisp. 464
Forecasting External Financial Requirements: Changes in Fixed Assetsp. 470
The Cash Budgetp. 472
Summaryp. 480
Review Questionsp. 481
Problemsp. 481
Chapter 16 Management of Short-Term Assetsp. 489
Working Capital and Its Managementp. 490
The Impact of the Operating Cycle on Working Capital Policyp. 491
Financing and Working Capital Policyp. 494
The Inventory Cyclep. 497
The Economic Order Quantityp. 498
Management of Accounts Receivablep. 509
Cash Managementp. 514
Money Market Instruments and Yieldsp. 518
The Calculation of Yieldsp. 520
Summaryp. 522
Review Questionsp. 523
Problemsp. 524
Chapter 17 Sources of Short- and Intermediate-Term Fundsp. 529
Free Sources: Accrualsp. 531
Commercial Bank Loansp. 531
Trade Creditp. 538
Commercial Paperp. 543
Secured Loansp. 545
Factoringp. 547
Intermediate-Term Debtp. 548
Leasingp. 551
Bankruptcy and Reorganizationp. 559
Summaryp. 562
Review Questionsp. 563
Problemsp. 564
Chapter 18 Derivatives and Risk Managementp. 569
Optionsp. 570
The Intrinsic Value of an Option to Buy Stockp. 571
Leveragep. 573
Call Optionsp. 576
Putsp. 582
Stock Index Optionsp. 584
Futuresp. 586
Hedgingp. 593
Financial and Currency Futuresp. 595
Stock Index Futuresp. 598
Summaryp. 600
Review Questionsp. 601
Problemsp. 602
Appendix A Interest Factors for the Future Value of One Dollarp. 605
Appendix B Interest Factors for the Present Value of One Dollarp. 606
Appendix C Interest Factors for the Future Value of an Annuity of One Dollarp. 607
Appendix D Interest Factors for the Present Value of an Annuity of One Dollarp. 608
Appendix E Answers to Selected Problemsp. 609
Indexp. 617