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Financial Management: Core Concepts, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (January 11, 2018) © 2019

  • Raymond Brooks Oregon State University

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Mastering the fundamental concepts of financial operations

Using a student-focused approach, Financial Management: Core Concepts presents the key elements of financial operations. Readers use tools to build their skills and test their knowledge by forging connections between ideas and applying them to real-world situations.

The 4th Edition features the latest financial information available. It also makes finance interesting and accessible to non-finance majors by exploring this field across all disciplines and relating it to their own personal experiences.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Key financial concepts are developed early on to instill confidence in students, so they can apply them later on to complex financial problems.
  • Making Connections boxes help students apply their knowledge of basic principles to real financial problems.
  • Studying for Success boxes test students' understanding of complex financial problems.
  • Putting Finance to Work snapshots show how finance is used in various unrelated fields, helping non-finance majors understand how the material can be applied to fields they plan to pursue.
  • Illustrations with a Purpose boxes address the needs of visual learners by helping them visualize important financial concepts.
  • Graphic Illustrations help users “see” a concept.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW and UPDATED: Core concepts are introduced in a way that reconnect students with their personal financial experiences. The text also provides student-centered feedback in a timely fashion.
  • NEW: Reviewer suggestions help clarify topics, present enhanced examples, and arrange the order of topic presentations.
  • NEW: Chapter 14 provides additional insight on ratio analysis, by expanding the horizon for analysis with data comparisons over an extended time frame.
  • NEW: Chapter 16 teaches students how to distinguish between the value of a firm as a whole and the value of the firm to the owner.

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  • NEW: Corporate Finance Simulations let students apply key finance concepts based on real-world scenarios as well as receive instant feedback.

Features of MyLab Finance for the 4th Edition; published 2018

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  • Students can access a fully functional Financial Calculator inside MyLab and a financial calculator app that they can download to their iPhone®, iPad®, or Android device. They can perform financial calculations and complete assignments, all in the same place.
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PART 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND BASIC TOOLS OF FINANCE

  1. Financial Management
  2. Financial Statements
  3. The Time Value of Money (Part 1)
  4. The Time Value of Money (Part 2)
  5. Interest Rates

PART 2: VALUING STOCKS AND BONDS AND UNDERSTANDING RISK AND RETURN

  1. Bonds and Bond Valuation
  2. Stocks and Stock Valuation
  3. Risk and Return

PART 3: CAPITAL BUDGETING

  1. Capital Budgeting Decision Models
  2. Cash Flow Estimation
  3. The Cost of Capital

PART 4: FINANCIAL PLANNING AND EVALUATING PERFORMANCE

  1. Forecasting and Short-Term Financial Planning
  2. Working Capital Management
  3. Financial Ratios and Firm Performance

PART 5: OTHER SELECTED FINANCE TOPICS

  1. Raising Capital
  2. Capital Structure
  3. Dividends, Dividend Policy, and Stock Splits
  4. International Financial Management

APPENDICES

  1. Future Value Interest Factors
  2. Present Value Interest Factors
  3. Future Value Interest Factors of an Annuity
  4. Present Value Interest Factors of an Annuity
  5. Answers to Prepping for Exam Questions

About our author

Raymond M. Brooks is Emeritus Professor of Finance at Oregon State University. He taught a variety of finance courses, including introduction to financial management, investments, advanced corporate finance, financial institutions, financial planning, and risk management. Previously, he taught at Washington University in St. Louis; the University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville; and the University of Missouri, Columbia. Professor Brooks authored a variety of articles on topics from dividends to when-issued trading. He twice won best paper awards at financial conferences.

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