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Business Finance - ACC501
ACC501 - Business Finance - Lecture 1
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The Primary textbook for the course is
Essentials of Corporate Finance
, by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan, fourth edition, McGraw Hill Publishers, ISBN 0-07-121057-7
Reference books will be
Introduction to Finance
by Lawrence J. Gitman and Jeff Madura, Addison-Wesley Publishers
Foundations of Financial Management
by Stanley B. Block and Geoffrey A. Hirt, McGraw Hill
Publishers
Course Contents
An overview of Financial Environment
Financial Statements, Taxes and Cash Flows
Time Value of Money and Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Valuation of Stocks and Bonds
Net Present Value and other Investment Criteria
Capital Investment Decision
Risk and Return
Cost of Capital
Leverage and Capital Structure
Raising Capital
Working Capital Management
Dividends
Finance: A Quick Look
Four Basic Areas
Business Finance
Investments
Financial Institutions
International Finance
Business Finance
Addresses the following three questions:
What long-term investments should the firm engage in?
How can the firm raise the money for the required investments?
How much short-term cash flow does a company need to pay its bills?
Investments
Deals with financial assets such as stocks and bonds.
It covers the following issues
Pricing Financial Assets
Associated Risks and Rewards
Determining best mixture of financial investment
Career opportunities in investment
Stock Brokerage
Portfolio Management
Security Analysis
Financial Institutions
Businesses dealing in financial matters
Banks and Insurance companies
International Finance
Covers international aspects of corporate finance, investment and financial institutions.
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