Part 1 Introduction: introduction to financial management and analysis. Part 2 Fundamentals of financial analysis: securities and markets; accounting, taxation and cash flows; financial analysis. Part 3 Fundamentals of valuation: mathematics of finance; asset valuation and returns; expected return of risk. Part 4 Financial management of investments: capital investment decisions; evaluation techniques for capital projects; capital budgeting and risk. Part 5 Financial management of investments: common and preferred stock; long-term debt; capital structure. Part 6 Financial management of financing: short-term assets; short-term financing. Part 7 Financial management of working capital: strategy and financial planning. Part 8 Appendices: keeping up with securities' prices; financial mathematics tables; calculator applications; statistical primer; glossary; brief solutions to end-of-chapter problems.

This text is intended to provide the foundations of finance, enabling students to understand financial decision-making and its role in the decision-making process of the entire firm. The first three sections of the book lay out the basics of this process.