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The Financial Times guide to understanding finance : a no-nonsense companion to financial tools and techniques / Javier Estrada.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Estrada, Javier, 1964- author.
Series:
Financial times guides.
Financial times guides
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Business enterprises--Finance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Business enterprises.
Corporations--Finance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Corporations.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 410 p.) : ill.
Edition:
Second edition.
Other Title:
Guide to understanding finance
Place of Publication:
New York, New York State : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2011]
Language Note:
English
System Details:
text file
Summary:
Whether you are an executive or a student, beginner or expert, this book is designed to explain and illustrate the working essentials of finance with clarity and speed. This desktop companion deliberately combines essential theory with real-world application, using short, focused chapters to help you find what you need and implement it right away. www.pearsoned.co.uk/estrada
Contents:
Risk and return
Returns I: basic concepts
Returns II: mean returns
Risk I: total risk
Risk and return I: portfolios
Risk II: diversification
Risk III: systematic risk
Risk and return II: capm and the cost of capital
Risk and return III: the three-factor model
Risk IV: downside risk
Risk and return IV: risk-adjusted returns
Risk and return V: portfolio optimization
Risk and return VI: the long term
Valuation
Stocks I: the dividend discount model
Stocks II: the wacc model
Stocks III: other dcf models
Stocks IV: reverse valuation
Stocks v: relative valuation
Bonds I: prices and yields
Bonds II: default risk and market risk
Bonds III: duration and convexity
Other important topic
Npv and IRR
Real options
Corporate value creation
Options
Futures and forwards
Currencies
Statistical background
Stats I: summary statistics
Stats II: normality
Stats III: non-normality
Stats IV: regression analysis.
Notes:
Previously published under title: Finance in a nutshell.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9786613275424
9781283275422
1283275422
9780273738039
0273738038
OCLC:
1015883997

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