Financial Management by Uttarakhand Open University

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

Lecture Notes for Finance

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

Indian Currency and Finance

This note explains the following topics: The Present Position of the Rupee, The Gold–Exchange Standard, Paper Currency, The Present Position of Gold in India and Proposals for a Gold Currency, Council Bills and Remittance, The Secretary of State’s Reserves and the Cash Balances, Indian Banking, The Indian Rate of Discount.

Author(s): John Maynard Keynes

NA Pages

Financial Management by Uttarakhand Open University

The objective of this note is to impart knowledge and skills about concept, theories, policies and techniques in financial management so that these can be applied in taking rational business and financial decisions.

Author(s): Uttarakhand Open University

479 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

Financial Management

This book covers the following topics: Finance Function : Scope and Objectives, Financial Resources : Long Term, Medium Term and Short Term Financial Resources with Reference to India, Capital Structured Decisions, The Cost of Capital, Capital Budgeting, Working Capital Management, Management in Cash, Management of Receivables, Inventory Management, Dividend Decisions, Business Failures and Mergers, Ratio Analysis and Funds Flow Statement.

Author(s): Directorate of Distance Education, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar

345 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

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

Finance Theory I

This course note introduces the core theory of modern financial economics and financial management, with a focus on capital markets and investments. Topics include functions of capital markets and financial intermediaries, asset valuation, fixed-income securities, common stocks, capital budgeting, diversification and portfolio selection, equilibrium pricing of risky assets, the theory of efficient markets, and an introduction to derivatives and options.

Author(s): Prof.Andrew Lo

NA Pages

Lecture Notes Financial Econometrics (PDF 554P)

This course note attempts to provide a fairly deep understanding of topical issues in asset pricing and deliver econometric methods in which to develop research agenda in financial economics.

Author(s): Professor Doron E. Avramov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

554 Pages