Table of Content

1. The Corporation
2. Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis
3. The Law of One Price and Financial Decision Making
4. The Time Value of Money
5. Interest Rates
6. Valuing Bonds
7. Investment Decision Rules
8. Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting
9. Valuing Stocks
10. Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk
11. Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Pricing Model
12. Estimating the Cost of Capital
13. Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency
14. Capital Structure in a Perfect Market
15. Debt and Taxes
16. Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information
17. Payout Policy
18. Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage
19. Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study
20. Financial Operations
21. Option Valuation
22. Real Options
23. Raising Equity Capital
24. Debt Financing
25. Leasing
26. Working Capital Management
27. Short-Term Financial Planning
28. Mergers and Acquisitions
29. Corporate Governance
30. Risk Management
31. International Corporate Finance

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