Corporate Finance For Dummies. Michael Taillard

the Income Statement to Good Use Chapter 6: Going with the (Cash) Flow Moving Along Three Smooth Flows Reaching Your Destination Chapter 7: Mastering Metrics Paying the Bills Working Your Assets Chapter 8: Calculating Capital Sizing Up Shareholders Banking on Metrics Keeping Debt Healthy

      7  Part 3: Valuations on the Price Tags of Business Chapter 9: Determining Present and Future Values: Time Is Money Losing Value over Time Predicting Future Value Calculating the Present Value Chapter 10: Calling in the Cavalry Budgeting Capital Rating Your Returns Netting Present Values Paying It Back Allocating Capital Managing Projects Chapter 11: Bonding Over Business Exploring the Different Types of Bonds Reviewing Bond Rates Reading Bond Information Understanding Bond Valuation Chapter 12: Savvy Stock Sales Exchanging Stocks Looking at the Different Types of Orders Comparing Long and Short Stocks Defining Caps and Sectors Raging Bulls and Grizzly Bears Beating Stock Indices? Imagining the Value of Stocks Chapter 13: Pricing Probability from Derived Value Deriving Value Keeping Your Options Open Paying It Forward Standardizing the Future Swapping Numbers

      8  Part 4: A Wonderland of Risk Management Chapter 14: Managing Uncertainty Understanding that Risk Is Unavoidable Risking Your Interest with Inflation Minimizing Market Risk Giving Credit Where It’s Due Getting Shady with Off-Balance-Sheet Risk Factoring in Foreign Exchange Risk Identifying Operating Risk Looking at Liquidity Risk Sorting Your Customer’s Laundry Chapter 15: Through the Looking Glass of Modern Portfolio Theory Delving into Portfolio Basics Joking about Market Efficiency Risking Returns Optimizing Portfolio Risk Chapter 16: Financially Engineering Yourself Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole Making Securities Out of Anything Splicing Hybrids Bundling Assets Exploring Exotics Engineering Finances Moving into Computational Finance Chapter 17: Weighing Capital Calculating the Cost of Capital Choosing the Proper Capital Structure

      9  Part 5: Financial Management Chapter 18: Assessing Financial Performance Analyzing Financial Success Using Common-Size Comparisons Performing Comparatives Determining the Quality of Earnings Assessing Investment Performance Chapter 19: Forecasting Finances Seeing with Analytical Eyes Viewing