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Melicher, Ronald W.,

Introduction to finance : markets, investments, and financial management / Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. - Seventeenth edition. - Hoboken, N.J, Wiley : 2020 - [651] pages ; 28 cm

Includes index.

Part 1. Institutions and markets
The financial environment
Money and the monetary system
Banks and other financial institutions
Federal Reserve System
Policy makers and the money supply
International finance and trade
Part 2. Investments
Savings and investment process
Interest rates
Time value of money
Bonds and stocks: characteristics and valuations
Securities and markets
Financial return and risk concepts
Part 3. Financial management
Business organization and financial data
Financial analysis and long-term financial planning
Managing working capital
Short-term business financing
Capital budgeting analysis
Capital structure and the cost of capital

"The seventeenth edition of Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management builds upon the successes of its earlier editions while maintaining fresh and up-to-date coverage of the field of finance. This edition introduces several new electronic features to assist with student access to the textbook and with learning. Our text is designed to present a more-balanced first course in finance, one that offers students perspectives on financial markets, investing, and financial management. We use a successful pedagogy that reviews, first, markets and institutions;"--

ISBN: 9781119561170

LCCN: 2019032260

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Finance--United States.

LC Class. No.: HG173 / .M398 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 332