Welcome to Managerial Finance: Fundamentals and Application. This text is designed to be a broad overview of how finance works in business. Emphasis will be on the tools and techniques used to make financial decisions in corporations, but the concepts discussed are used across a variety of businesses. Topics include financial analysis, financial modeling, capital budgeting, net present value mechanisms, stock and bond pricing models, risk analysis, and the capital assets pricing model. Analysis of how the financial manager influences the decision-making process within the firm.
All business leaders need to have an understanding of managerial finance since all areas of business require budgeting, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports. There are projects within different divisions that will be either accepted or rejected based on financial analysis. Managerial finance uses financial data to make decisions that will impact the future of the firm. This text focuses on the fundamental concepts and the application of those concepts.
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- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Financial Statement Analysis
- Chapter 3: Time Value of Money
- Chapter 4: Interest Rates
- Chapter 5: Bonds
- Chapter 6: Risk and Return
- Chapter 7: Stocks
- Chapter 8: Cost of Capital
- Chapter 9: Capital Budgeting
- Chapter 10: Capital Structure
- Chapter 11: Dividends and Stock Repurchases
- Chapter 12: Introduction to Financial Modeling