Table of Contents

Part 1: Overview of Financial Management1. Introduction to Financial ManagementPart 2: Understanding Financial Statements and Cash Flow2. Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow3. Working with Financial StatementsPart 3: Valuation of Future Cash Flows4. Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money5. Discounted Cash Flow ValuationPart 4: Valuing Stocks and Bonds6. Interest Rates and Bond Valuation7. Equity Markets and Stock ValuationPart 5: Capital Budgeting8. Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria9. Making Capital Investment DecisionsPart 6: Risk and Return10. Some Lessons from Capital Market History11. Risk and ReturnPart 7: Long-Term Financing12. Cost of Capital13. Leverage and Capital Structure14. Dividends and Dividend Policy15. Raising CapitalPart 8: Short-Term Financial Management16. Short-Term Financial Planning17. Working Capital ManagementPart 9: Topics in Business Finance18. International Aspects of Financial ManagementAppendix A. Mathematical TablesAppendix B. Key EquationsAppendix C. Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter ProblemsAppendix D. Using the HP-10B and TI BA II Plus Financial Calculators

About the Author

Randolph W.Westerfield is Dean Emeritus of the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and is the Charles B. Thornton Professor of Finance. He came to USC from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was the chairman of the finance department and a member of the finance faculty for 20 years.



Bradford D. Jordan is Professor of Finance and holder of the Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair in Finance at the University of Kentucky. He has a longstanding interest in both applied and theoretical issues in corporate finance and has extensive experience teaching all levels of corporate finance and financial management policy.