Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

Part 1 Overview of corporate finance: introduction to corporate finance. Part 2 Financial statements and long-term financial planning: working with financial statements; long-term financial planning and growth. Part 3 Valuation of future cash flows; introduction to valuation; stock valuation. Part 4 Capital budgeting: net present value and other investment criteria; making capital investment decisions; project analysis and evaluation. Part 5 Risk and return: some lessons from capital market history; return, risk, and the security market line. Part 6 Cost of capital and long-term financial policy: cost of capital, raising capital; financial leverage and capital structure policy; dividends and dividend policy. Part 7 Short-term financial planning and management: short-term finance and planning; cash and liquidity management; credit and inventory management.