Foundations of Finance: Logic and Practice of Financial Management & Myfinance Student Access Code Card - Softcover

The first to answer the need for a briefer finance text, this text consists of eighteen chapters covering the core topics of finance. Nine fundamental axioms of finance are introduced in the first chapter and revisited throughout the text to present an integrated view of finance and aid in problem solving. International finance, ethics, and practical applications are integrated, in-text problems correspond to Disclosure software, and the use of the financial calculator is incorporated.

Keown's Finance ActiveBook is an interactive, online, digital book that uses multimedia resources to greatly enhance the learning experience. FM 9e builds the presentation around the “10 Principles of Finance” as an insightful framework for showing “the big picture” of finance. This book provides a solid, enduring foundation of the tools of modern theory while at the same time developing the logic behind their use. Chapter topics include an introduction to the foundations of financial management; the financial markets and interest rates; understanding financial statements and cash flows; evaluating a firm's financial performance; financial forecasting, planning, and budgeting; the time value of money; valuation and characteristics of bonds; valuation and characteristics of stock; the meaning and measurement of risk and return; capital-budgeting techniques and practice; cash flows and other topics in capital budgeting; cost of capital; determining the financing mix; dividend policy and internal financing; introduction to working-capital management; liquid asset management; and international business finance. For anyone looking for a lasting understanding of the fundamentals of finance.