Toc: Brief Contents......Page 10 Contents......Page 14 Preface......Page 24 Part 1: The Company and Its Environment......Page 38 Ch 1: An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment......Page 40 1-2: Finance from 40,000 Feet Above......Page 41 1-3: The Corporate Life Cycle......Page 42 1-4: Governing a Corporation......Page 47 1-5: An Overview of Financial Markets......Page 51 1-6: Claims on Future Cash Flows: Types of Financial Securities......Page 53 1-7: Claims on Future Cash Flows: The Required Rate of Return (The Cost of Money)......Page 57 1-8: The Functions of Financial Institutions......Page 61 1-9: Financial Markets......Page 66 1-10: Overview of the U.S. Stock Markets......Page 70 1-11: Trading in the Modern Stock Markets......Page 71 1-12: Finance and the Great Recession of 2007......Page 79 1-13: The Big Picture......Page 89 Summary......Page 90 Questions......Page 91 Mini Case......Page 92 Ch 2: Financial Statements, Cash Flow, and Taxes......Page 94 2-1: Financial Statements and Reports......Page 95 2-2: The Balance Sheet......Page 96 2-3: The Income Statement......Page 99 2-4: Statement of Stockholders' Equity......Page 102 2-5: Statement of Cash Flows......Page 103 2-7: Free Cash Flow: The Cash Flow Available for Distribution to Investors......Page 107 2-8: Performance Evaluation......Page 115 2-9: The Federal Income Tax System......Page 121 Summary......Page 126 Self-Test Problem......Page 128 Problems......Page 129 Spreadsheet Problems......Page 132 Mini Case......Page 134 Ch 3: Analysis of Financial Statements......Page 138 3-1: Financial Analysis......Page 139 3-2: Liquidity Ratios......Page 141 3-3: Asset Management Ratios......Page 143 3-4: Debt Management Ratios......Page 146 3-5: Profitability Ratios......Page 151 3-6: Market Value Ratios......Page 153 3-7: Trend Analysis, Common Size Analysis, and Percentage Change Analysis......Page 157 3-8: Tying the Ratios Together: The DuPont Equation......Page 160 3-9: Comparative Ratios and Benchmarking......Page 161 3-10: Uses and Limitations of Ratio Analysis......Page 162 3-11: Looking beyond the Numbers......Page 163 Questions......Page 164 Problems......Page 165 Spreadsheet Problem......Page 169 Mini Case......Page 170 Selected Additional Cases......Page 173 Part 2: Fixed Income Securities......Page 174 Ch 4: Time Value of Money......Page 176 4-1: Time Lines......Page 177 4-2: Future Values......Page 178 4-3: Present Values......Page 186 4-4: Finding the Interest Rate, I......Page 190 4-6: Perpetuities......Page 191 4-7: Annuities......Page 192 4-8: Future Value of an Ordinary Annuity......Page 193 4-9: Future Value of an Annuity Due......Page 196 4-10: Present Value of Ordinary Annuities and Annuities Due......Page 197 4-11: Finding Annuity Payments, Periods, and Interest Rates......Page 199 4-12: Uneven, or Irregular, Cash Flows......Page 202 4-13: Future Value of an Uneven Cash Flow Stream......Page 205 4-14: Sol