Includes index.

Contents: Overview of financial management -- Introduction to financial management -- Understanding financial statements and cash flow -- Financial statements, taxes, and cash flow -- Working with financial statements -- Valuation of future cash flows -- Introduction to valuation: the time value of money -- Discounted cash flow valuation -- Valuing stocks and bonds -- Interest rates and bond valuation -- Equity markets and stock valuation -- Capital budgeting -- Net present value and other investment criteria -- Making capital investment decisions -- Risk and return -- Some lessons from capital market history -- Risk and return -- Long-term financing -- Cost of capital -- Leverage and capital structure -- Dividends and dividend policy -- Raising capital -- Short-term financial mangement -- Short-term financial planning -- Working capital management -- Topics in business finance -- International aspects of financial management -- Appendix A: Mathematical tables -- Appendix B: Key equations -- Appendix C: Answers to selected end-of-chapter -- Appendix D: Using the HP-10B and BA II plus financial calculators.