Basics of Finance
This note explains the following topics: Money and Banking From A Historical and Theoretical Perspective, Banking Operations, Banking Risks and Regulation, Securities Markets, The Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Public Finance and Taxation .
Author(s): Gabor Kurthy, Jozsef Varga, Tamas Pesuth, Geza Sebestyen, Gabor Sztanoand Erzsebet Varga
85 Pages 
This note covers the following topics: Accounting Statements and Cash Flow, Financial Markets and NPV First Principles of Finance, Net Present Value, How to Value Bonds and Stocks, Some Alternative Investment Rules, NPV and Capital Budgeting, Strategy and Analysis in Using NPV, Capital Market Theory, Return and Risk CAPM, An Alternative View of Risk and Return APT, Risk, cost of Capital, and Capital Budget, Corporate financing Decisions and Efficient Capital Market, Long Term Financing An Introduction, Capital Structure Basic Concepts, Capital Structure: Limits to the Use of Debt, Valuation and Capital Budgeting for the Levered Firm, Dividend policy, Issuing Securities to the Public, Long Term Debt, Leasing, Options and Corporate Finance Basic Concepts, Options and Corporate Finance: Extensions and Applications, Warrants and Convertibles, Derivatives and Hedging Risk, Mergers and acquisitions and Financial Distress.
Author(s): Zhipeng Yan
59 Pages
This PDF book covers the following topics related to Finance : Introduction, Payment Streams under Certainty, Arbitrage pricing in a one-period model, Arbitrage pricing in the multi-period model, Option pricing, The Black-Scholes formula, Stochastic Interest Rates, Portfolio Theory, Factor Models of Returns: Arbitrage Pricing Theory, Corporate Finance: Firms’ Financial Decisions, Efficient Capital Markets.
Author(s): David Lando, Rolf Poulsen
188 Pages
Principles of Finance by Helmut Elsinger
This note covers the following topics: Single-period random cash flows, Stocks, Mean-variance portfolio theory, Utility theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Factor models, Multi-period deterministic cash flows, Fixed income securities, Floating rate.
Author(s): Helmut Elsinger
260 Pages
Introduction to Finance by J L Rosenthal
This note introduces key concepts and issues in finance. Topics covered includes: From claims to value, Value for Issuers, Exchange mechanisms, Modern Finance, Asymmetric Information, Pricing riskless Bonds, Risk, The Portfolio approach to risk, Market efficiency, Intermediaries and assets, Options and Hedging, Government and financial structure.
Author(s): J L Rosenthal
NA Pages
Financial Derivatives and Banking
Derivatives are sound investment vehicles that make investing and business practices more efficient and reliable. This book describes the following topics: Derivative Securities, Futures and Forwards: Trading Mechanism and Pricing, Use Of Futures For Hedging, Interest Rate Futures, Swap Markets, Option Markets, Option Pricing, Strategies Involving Options, Derivative Markets In India: Evolution and Regulation.
Author(s): Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar - Haryana
250 Pages
Personal Finance by Rachel Siegel
This book covers the following topics: Personal Financial Planning, Basic Ideas of Finance, Financial Statements, Evaluating Choices: Time, Risk, and Value, Financial Plans: Budgets, Taxes and Tax Planning.
Author(s): Rachel Siegel
456 Pages
International Finance Theory and Policy
This book covers the following topics: Introductory Finance Issues: Current Patterns, Past History, and International Institutions, National Income and the Balance of Payments Accounts, The Whole Truth about Trade Imbalances, Foreign Exchange Markets and Rates of Return, Interest Rate Parity, Purchasing Power Parity, Interest Rate Determination, Policy Effects with Floating Exchange Rates, Fixed Exchange Rates, Policy Effects with Fixed Exchange Rates.
Author(s): Steve Suranovic
465 Pages
The A B C of finance or The money and labor questions familiarly explained to common people
This book covers the following topics: What Society does for the Laborer, Capital and Labor, Starvation Wages, One Dollar, Value cannot be given by Government, The Value of Paper Money, Why has the Greenback any Value, The Mystery of Money, Evil of a Depreciating Currency: A Few Facts, The Lessons of History, The Public Faith, The Cause and the Remedy.
Author(s): Simon Newcomb
128 Pages
Effects of Information Technology on Financial Services Systems
This report describes the technologies now and likely to be available to providers and users of financial services. It analyzes the present structure of the financial service industry, its service offerings, its relationships with users of financial services, and observable trends.
Author(s): OTA
279 Pages
The objective of this lecture note is to learn the financial tools needed to make good business decisions and presents the basic insights of corporate finance theory, but emphasizes the application of theory to real business decisions.
Author(s): Prof. Dirk Jenter and Prof. Katharina Lewellen
NA Pages
