Finance

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THEME 1: Introduction

1

(6)

Introduction to finance

2

(1)

Basic forms of business organizations

3

(1)

Financial institutions and markets

4

(1)

Depreciation methods

5

(1)

Federal corporate taxation

6

(1)

THEME 2: Financial statements and analysis

7

(13)

Basic financial statements

8

(1)

Stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet

9

(1)

Statement of cash flows

10

(1)

Horizontal and vertical analysis

11

(1)

Liquidity and liquidity ratios

12

(1)

Activity ratios

13

(1)

Solvency and debt service ratios

14

(1)

Profitability ratios

15

(1)

Du Pont system

16

(2)

Market value ratios

18

(1)

Limitations of ratio analysis

19

(1)

THEME 3: Budgeting and financial forecasting

20

(4)

Budgeting

21

(2)

Financial forecasting and the percent-of-sales method

23

(1)

THEME 4: The management of assets

24

(10)

Working capital management

25

(1)

Cash management

26

(2)

Cash management models

28

(1)

Marketable securities

29

(1)

Management of accounts receivable

30

(2)

Inventory management

32

(2)

THEME 5: Risk, return, and valuation

34

(16)

Risk

35

(2)

Portfolio theory

37

(1)

Market index models

38

(1)

Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)

39

(1)

Beta

40

(1)

Return

41

(1)

The risk-return trade-off

42

(1)

Bond valuation

43

(2)

Bond yield-effective rate of return on a bond

45

(2)

Term structure of interest rates

47

(1)

Common stock valuation

48

(2)

THEME 6: Time value of money and capital budgeting

50

(16)

Time value of money and its applications

51

(3)

Capital budgeting

54

(1)

Accounting rate of return

55

(1)

Payback period

56

(1)

Net present value method

57

(1)

Profitability index

58

(1)

Internal rate of return (IRR)

59

(1)

Mutually exclusive investments

60

(1)

Lease-purchase decision

61

(1)

Capital rationing

62

(1)

Capital budgeting and inflation

63

(1)

Risk analysis in capital budgeting

64

(2)

THEME 7: Capital

66

(15)

Cost of capital

67

(2)

Computing the cost of equity capital

69

(1)

Level of financing and the marginal cost of capital (MCC)

70

(1)

Break-even analysis

71

(2)

Cash break-even point

73

(1)

Leverage

74

(1)

Operating leverage

75

(1)

Financial leverage

76

(1)

Theory of capital structure

77

(3)

EBIT-EPS approach to capital structure

80

(1)

THEME 8: Dividends and stock splits

81

(5)

Cash dividends

82

(1)

Stock dividends and stock splits

83

(1)

Dividend policy

84

(2)

THEME 9: Short-term financing

86

(8)

Financing strategy

87

(1)

Trade credit

88

(1)

Short-term bank loans

89

(2)

Other sources of financing

91

(1)

Accounts receivable financing

92

(1)

Inventory financing

93

(1)

THEME 10: Term loans and leasing

94

(5)

Intermediate-term bank loans

95

(2)

Small Business Administration

97

(1)

Leasing

98

(1)

THEME 11: Long-term debt

99

(4)

Long-term debt financing

100

(2)

Bond refunding

102

(1)

THEME 12: Stock, convertibles, and warrants

103

(17)

Investment banking

104

(1)

Public versus private placement of securities

105

(1)

Stockholders

106

(1)

Preferred stock

107

(2)

Common stock

109

(1)

Stock rights

110

(1)

Stock repurchases

111

(1)

Margin trading

112

(1)

Short selling

113

(1)

Governmental regulation

114

(1)

Efficient market theory

115

(1)

Convertible securities

116

(2)

Stock warrants

118

(2)

THEME 13: Business combinations

120

(4)

Mergers and acquisitions

121

(1)

Holding company

122

(1)

Tender offer

123

(1)

THEME 14: Failure and reorganization

124

(4)

Voluntary settlement

125

(1)

Bankruptcy and reorganization

126

(2)

Glossary

128

(5)

Index

133

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