Financial Management Core Concepts

Brooks uses a tools-based approach that presents the key concepts of finance (or "tools") early on in the text, followed by an application of those concepts to various finance problems. By introducing key finance concepts with personal and business-related finance examples, this text helps readers understand how the tools of finance can help them in any career or business situation. This edition features strengthened material on financial statements, a discussion on yield curves, new and advanced spreadsheet problems, and updated material.

Part 1: Fundamental Concepts and Basic Tools of Finance
Chapter 1: Financial Management
Chapter 2: Financial Statements
Chapter 3: The Time Value of Money (Part 1)
Chapter 4: The Time Value of Money (Part 2)
Chapter 5: Interest Rates
Part 2: Valuing Stocks and Bonds and Understanding Risk and Return
Chapter 6: Bonds and Bond Valuation
Chapter 7: Stocks and Stock Valuation
Chapter 8: Risk and Return
Part 3: Capital Budgeting
Chapter 9: Capital Budgeting Decision Models
Chapter 10: Cash Flow Estimation
Chapter 11: The Cost of Capital
Part 4: Financial Planning and Evaluating Performance
Chapter 12: Forecasting and Short-Term Financial Planning
Chapter 13: Working Capital Management
Chapter 14: Financial Ratios and Firm Performance
Part 5: Other Selected Finance Topics
Chapter 15: Raising Capital
Chapter 16: Capital Structure
Chapter 17: Dividends, Dividend Policy, and Stock Splits
Chapter 18: International Financial Management

Appendix 1: Future Value Interest Factors
Appendix 2: Present Value Interest Factors
Appendix 3: Future Value Interest Factors of an Annuity
Appendix 4: Present Value Interest Factors of an Annuity
Appendix 5: Answers to Prepping for Exam Questions