Includes index.

: introduction -- Introduction to financial management -- Financial statements -- Reviewing financial statements -- Analyzing financial sta tements -- Valuing of future cash flows -- Time value of money -- Analy zing single cash flows -- Time value of money Analyzing annuity cash fl ows -- Valuing of bonds and stocks -- Understanding financial markets a nd institutions -- Valuing bonds -- Valuing stocks -- Risk and return - - Characterizing risk and return -- Estimating risk and return -- Capit al budgeting -- Calculating the cost of capital -- Estimating cash flow s on capital budgeting projects -- Weighing net present value and other capital budgeting criteria -- Working capital management and financial planning -- Working capital management and policies -- Financial plann ing and forecasting -- Capital structure issues -- Assessing long-term debt, equity, and capital structure -- Sharing firm wealth: dividends, share repurchases, and other payouts -- Issuing capital and the investm ent banking process -- Other topics in finance -- International corpora te finance -- Mergers and acquisitions and financial distress -- Answer s to time-out -- Appendix A: Present value and future value tables -- A ppendix B: Selected answers to end-of-chapter problems -- Index.