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Many executives have long forgotten key financial concepts. Many others never learned them properly. Most of them have neither the time nor the motivation to dig into two or three 500-page books. This book is a portable financial toolkit, solves all three problems in 30 short and easy-to-read chapters full of real-world examples. topContents
PART 1. RISK AND RETURN 1 Returns I: Basic concepts 2 Returns II: Mean returns 3 Risk I: Total risk 4 Risk and return I: Portfolios 5 Risk II: Diversification 6 Risk III: Systematic Risk 7 Risk and return II: The CAPM, and the cost of capital 8 Risk and return III: Alternatives to the CAPM 9 Risk IV: Downside risk 10 Risk and return IV: Risk-adjusted returns 11 Risk and return V: Optimal portfolios 12 Risk and return: VI: The long run PART 2. VALUATION 13 Stocks I: The dividend discount model 14 Stocks II: The WACC model 15 Stocks III: Other DCF models 16 Stocks IV: Reverse valuation 17 Stocks V: Relative valuation 18 Bonds I: Prices and yields 19 Bonds II: Default risk and market risk 20 Bonds III: Duration and convexity PART 3. OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS 21 NPV and IRR 22 Real options 23 Corporate value creation 24 Options 25 Futures and forwards 26 Currencies PART 4. STATISTICAL BACKGROUND 27 Stats I: Summary statistics 28 Stats II: Normality 29 Stats III: Non-normality 30 Stats IV: Regression analysis Index Part V: Learning Scripts for Programs Appendices Notes Bibliography Index topFeatures
- Self-contained: Other than some elementary algebra, no other previous knowledge will be necessary to understand the concepts discussed.
- Comprehensive: It contains most or all topics, concepts, and tools that executives can easily forget, find hard to understand, and/or would like to know more about.
- Simple and easy to read written in a simple and conversational style.
- Concise with short chapters throughout
- Essential elementary theory and many real-world examples. All concepts and tools are illustrated with catchy and factual examples.
- Excel: Spreadsheets have become an inseparable part of working in Finance and this book will show readers how to use Excel to simplify their work.
- Test Yourself: problems with worked numerical solutions throughout.
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IESE Business School, Madrid top
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