Finance. Volume 1 : a quantitative introduction / Piotr Staszkiewicz, Lucia Staszkiewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staszkiewicz, Piotr, author.

Staszkiewicz, Lucia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Mathematical models.

Finance.

Finance--Simulation methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Many students want an introduction to finance. Those who are quantitatively-oriented learners can benefit in particular from an introduction that puts more emphasis on mathematics and graphical presentations than on verbal descriptions. By illustrating core finance facts and concepts through equations and graphical material, Finance: A Quantitative Introduction can help people studying business management, marketing, accounting, and other subjects. By using few lengthy verbal explanations and many illustrations, it can teach readers quickly and efficiently. Chapter-concluding questions (with answers) and case studies enhance its utility as a textbook and a reference Mixture of theory and problem-solving contains enough mathematical tools to help readers assess facts and evaluate real data in practical tasks Short, simple presentation is perfect for non-native English speakers

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Finance and Financial Markets

1.1 - Finance

1.2 - Interaction between finance and other branches of science

1.3 - Players on macroeconomic scale

1.3.1 - Households, Companies, Government, and FX

1.4 - Financial instruments

1.4.1 - Financial Instrument

1.4.2 - Financial Asset

1.4.3 - Financial Liability

1.4.4 - Equity Instrument

1.4.5 - Fair Value

1.4.6 - Puttable Instrument

1.4.7 - Long and Short

1.4.8 - Financial Instruments versus Securities

1.5 - Financial markets

1.5.1 - Structure of the Markets on the basis of the Instruments Traded

1.5.2 - Forex and the Interbank Market

1.5.3 - International Financial Market

1.5.4 - Intermediary Functions of the Financial Markets

1.5.5 - Financial Functions of the Financial Markets

1.6 - International institutions

1.7 - International organization

1.8 - European union (eu)

1.9 - Summary

Further reading

Y/N Questions

Discussions

Situation

Solution

Y/N Questions' answers

Chapter 2 - Market Participants

2.1 - Financial intermediaries

2.2 - Business models

2.2.1 - Transaction Facilitators (TF)

2.3 - Initial public offering (ipo)

2.4 - Investment services

2.5 - Government and central bank

2.5.1 - Governmental Intermediaries

2.5.2 - Central Bank or Currency Board

2.5.3 - Central Bank Instruments

2.5.4 - New Areas and Entities Performing Intermediaries Function

2.6 - Stock exchanges

2.6.1 - Legal Construction of the Stock Exchange

2.6.2 - Classification of Equity Markets and Stocks

2.7 - Summary

BSSE

Y/N Questions' answers.

Chapter 3 - Fundamentals of Financial Instruments Pricing

3.1 - Decision-making process

3.2 - Arbitrage

3.3 - Accounting and economic value

3.4 - Group of instruments

3.5 - Valuation - DCF

3.6 - Equity: fundamental analysis of share values

3.7 - Theories of share price behavior

3.8 - Fixed income: the loan, debentures, and loan stock valuation

3.9 - Derivatives

3.10 - Option

3.10.1 - Classification of Options

3.11 - Forwards/futures

3.12 - Swaps

3.13 - Other derivatives

3.14 - Summary

Y/N questions

Chapter 4 - Hypothesis of Informational Efficiency of Financial Markets

4.1 - Efficient market

4.2 - Weak form hypothesis

4.3 - Semistrong form of efficiency

4.4 - Strong form of efficiency

4.5 - The coherent market hypothesis

4.6 - Behavioral finance

4.7 - Summary

Chapter 5 - Financial Information

5.1 - Sources

5.2 - Indexes

5.3 - Data usage

5.4 - General economy

5.5 - Industry analysis

5.6 - Company analysis

5.7 - Financial statements

5.8 Elements of financial statments

5.9 - Accounting standards

5.10 - Auditing

5.11 - Individual and group financial statements

5.12 - Ratio analysis

5.13 - Summary

Chapter 6 - Return and Risk Appraisal

6.1 - Return

6.2 - Accounting rate of return

6.3 - Simple project assessment

6.3.1 - The Payback Method

6.3.2 - Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Method

6.3.3 - NPV Method

6.4 - Risk

6.4.1 - Risk and Uncertainty

6.5 - Summary

Solution.

Chapter 7 - Money Market and Liquidity Management

7.1 - Money market

7.2 - Working capital cycle

7.3 - Classification

7.4 - Instruments

7.5 - Rates

7.6 - Pricing

7.7 - Current issues

7.8 - Summary

Chapter 8 - Fixed Income Instruments

8.1 - Classification

8.2 - Credit risk

8.3 - Government bonds

8.4 - Coupon

8.5 - Listing

8.6 - Securitization

8.7 - Term structure

8.8 - Yield to maturity

8.9 - Convexity

8.10 - Yield spread

8.11 - Summary

Appendix A - Time Value of Money

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 16, 2014).

ISBN:

9780128015841

0128015845

9780128017609

0128017600

OCLC:

898028309