includes appendix, glossary, and index.

An introduction to basic finance -- Forms of business and corporate taxation -- The role of financial markets and financial intermediaries -- Analysis of financial statements -- Forecasting -- Cash budgeting -- Management of current assets -- Management of current assets -- Management of short-term liabilities -- The time value of money -- Break-even analysis and the payback period -- Capital budgeting -- risk and its measurement -- The features of stock -- Stock valuation -- The features of long-term debt--bonds -- Bond pricing and yields -- Leverage -- Cost of capital -- Investment banking -- Securities markets -- Investment returns -- investment companies

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