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Preface iii
PART 1: INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS 2
Chapter 1: The Financial Environment 4
Chapter 2: Money and the Monetary System 21
Chapter 3: Banks and Other Financial Institutions 43
Chapter 4: Federal Reserve System 73
Chapter 5: Policy Makers and the Money Supply 97
Chapter 6: International Finance and Trade 123
PART 2: INVESTMENTS 148
Chapter 7: Savings and Investment Process 150
Chapter 8: Interest Rates 173
Chapter 9: Time Value of Money 199
Chapter 10: Bonds and Stocks: Characteristics and
Valuations 231
Chapter 11: Securities Markets 275
Chapter 12: Financial Return and Risk Concepts 317
PART 3: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 346
Chapter 13: Business Organization and Financial Data 348
Chapter 14: Financial Analysis and Long-Term Financial
Planning 385
Chapter 15: Managing Working Capital 415
Chapter 16: Short-Term Business Financing 447
Chapter 17: Capital Budgeting Analysis 476
Chapter 18: Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital 515
Appendix 547
Glossary 556
Index 570
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