Includes index.

Contents: The corporation -- Introduction to financial statement analysis -- Arbitrage and financial decision making -- The time value of money -- Interest rates -- investment decision rules -- Fundamentals of capital budgeting -- Valuing bonds -- Valuing stocks -- Capital markets and pricing of risk -- Optimal portfolio choice -- The capital asset pricing model -- Alternative models of systematic risk -- Capital structure in a perfect market -- Debt and taxes -- Financial distress, managerial incentives and information -- Payout policy -- Capital budgeting and valuation with leverage -- Valuation and financial modeling: A case study -- Financial options -- Option valuation -- Real options -- The mechanics of raising equity capital -- Debt financing -- Leasing -- Working capital management -- Short term financial planning -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Corporate governance -- Risk management -- International corporate finance.