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Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management, Fourteenth Edition
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More About This Title Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management, Fourteenth Edition

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Business managers will gain a basic understanding of the complex world of finance with this engaging book. It presents a balanced survey of the three main areas of finance: institutions and markets, investments, and financial management. The examples have been completely updated throughout to provide the most relevant information. Discussions of small business practice help them gain a better understanding of small business applications. More focus is placed on ethics to reflect the headlines in today’s news. Additional end-of-chapter questions and career-profile features also enable business managers to connect the material to the real world.
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Preface iii

PART 1: INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS 2

Chapter 1: The Financial Environment 4

Chapter 2: Money and the Monetary System 25

Chapter 3: Banks and Other Financial Institutions 49

Chapter 4: Federal Reserve System 79

Chapter 5: Policy Makers and the Money Supply 103

Chapter 6: International Finance and Trade 129

PART 2: INVESTMENTS 156

Chapter 7: Savings and Investment Process 158

Chapter 8: Interest Rates 179

Chapter 9: Time Value of Money 205

Chapter 10: Bonds and Stocks: Characteristics and Valuations 237

Chapter 11: Securities Markets 281

Chapter 12: Financial Return and Risk Concepts 317

PART 3: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 350

Chapter 13: Business Organization and Financial Data 352

Chapter 14: Financial Analysis and Long-Term Financial Planning 387

Chapter 15: Managing Working Capital 417

Chapter 16: Short-Term Business Financing 451

Chapter 17: Capital Budgeting Analysis 479

Chapter 18: Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital 521

Appendix 553

Glossary 562

Index 575

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