In China, mainstream finance covers primarily International Finance and Money and Banking. Whereas in the western world, the study of finance focuses on three main areas, namely: Investment, Corporate Finance and Financial Institutions Management. In this book, we focus mainly on the first two areas.
Chapter 1 What is Finance and Why Study Finance
Chapter 2 The Tax Environment
Chapter 3 Financial Statements, Financial Ratios and Cash Flows
Chapter 4 Time Value of Money and Discounted Cash Flows
Chapter 5 Long-term Debt and Interest Rates
Chapter 6 Common and Preferred Stocks Valuation
Chapter 7 Techniques on Carrying out Capital Budgeting Analysis
Chapter 8 Capital Budgeting (Fixed Asset Expansion)
Chapter 9 Risk and Return Relationship
Chapter 10 A Company's Cost of Capital
Chapter 11 Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy
Chapter 12 Dividend and Dividend Policy
Chapter 13 Working Capital Management
Chapter 14 International Corporate Finance
Chapter 15 Derivative Securities
Chapter 16 Mergers and Acquisitions
References
Appendix 1 Present Value and Future Value Factor Tables
Appendix 2 Answers to End of Chapter Problems
Appendix 3 Glossary (English and Chinese Term Equivalents)
Appendix 4 Glossary of Abbreviated Terms