Description
The maths, the formulas, and the problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated, but help is at hand.
Corporate Finance For Dummies, UK Edition covers all the basics of corporate finance, including: accounting statements; cash flow; raising and managing capital; choosing investments; managing risk; determining dividends; mergers and acquisitions; and valuation. It also serves as an excellent resource to supplement corporate finance coursework and as a primer for exams.
Inside you’ll discover:
- The tools and expert advice you need to understand corporate finance principles and strategies
- Introductions to the practices of determining an operating budget, calculating future cash flow, and scenario analysis - in plain English
- Information on the risks and rewards associated with corporate finance and lending
- Easy–to–understand explanations and examples
- Help to pass your corporate finance exam!
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Corporate Finance 5
Chapter 1: Introducing Corporate Finance 7
Chapter 2: Navigating the World of Corporate Finance 15
Chapter 3: Raising Money for Business Purposes 35
Part II: Reading Financial Statements as a Second Language 45
Chapter 4: Seeing What You’re Worth with the Balance Sheet 47
Chapter 5: Getting Paid with the Profi t and Loss Account 59
Chapter 6: Easy Come, Easy Go: Understanding the Cash Flow Statement 69
Chapter 7: Making Financial Statements Useful with Ratio Analysis 77
Chapter 8: Measuring Financial Wellbeing with Special-Use Ratios 97
Part III: Placing Valuations on the Price Tags of Business 115
Chapter 9: Determining Present and Future Values: Time Is Money 117
Chapter 10: Looking to the Future with Capital Budgeting 125
Chapter 11: Bringing on Your Best Bond Bets 143
Chapter 12: Being Savvy When Shopping for Shares 159
Chapter 13: Measuring Valuations of the May-Be: Derivatives 177
Part IV: Walking in a Risk Management Wonderland 189
Chapter 14: Managing the Risky Business of Corporate Finances 191
Chapter 15: Through the Looking Glass of Modern Portfolio Theory 203
Chapter 16: Entering the Science Lab: Financial Engineering 223
Chapter 17: Assessing Capital Structure 239
Part V: Understanding Financial Management 249
Chapter 18: Assessing Financial Performance 251
Chapter 19: Forecasting Finances Is Easier than Predicting the Weather 273
Chapter 20: Spelling out the ABC of M&A 289
Part VI: The Part of Tens 309
Chapter 21: Ten Things You Need to Know about International Finance 311
Chapter 22: Ten Things You Need to Understand about Behavioural Finance 325
Index 337
