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Financial Management


Finance

ISBN #978-0-9973780-8-5

Financial Management

Jim Brau, PhD, CFA, CFP
Andrew Holmes, PhD, CFA
Ben Blau, PhD

At its core, finance is simply the word we use for the analytics that support decision-making. In this course, students explore financial markets, lean methods to evaluate bonds and stocks, understand the trade-off between using debt or equity to finance investments, and apply methods of capital budgeting and firm valuation. These financial analysis skills provide crucial support for organizational decisions and strategy.

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Course Objective

This course teaches students essential financial analysis skills for decision-making by exploring financial markets, evaluating bonds and stocks, understanding the debt-equity trade-off, and applying capital budgeting and firm valuation methods.

Table of Contents

About the Authors
Topic 1: Overview of Finance
Topic 2: Financial Statements Part 1—The Income Statement and Balance Sheet
Topic 3: Financial Statements Part 2—The Statement of Cash Flows
Topic 4: Ratio Analysis
Topic 5: The Time Value of Money
Topic 6: Debt Securities—Loans and Bonds
Topic 7: Equity Securities
Topic 8: Risk and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Topic 9: Cost of Capital
Topic 10: Financial Forecasting
Topic 11: Capital Budgeting
Topic 12: Capital Structure
Topic 13: Working Capital Management
Topic 14: Firm Valuation
Topic 15: Government Regulation in Financial Markets
Topic 16: Global Financial Management

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