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FT Guide to Understanding Finance: A no-nonsense companion to financial tools and techniques, 2nd Edition
- By Javier Estrada
- Published Jun 14, 2011 by FT Press.
- Copyright 2011
- Dimensions: 6 X 9
- Pages: 432
- Edition: 2nd
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-273-73802-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-273-73802-2
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Product Author Bios
Javier Estrada holds an M.S. in Finance and a Ph.D. in Economics both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently an associate professor at the IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain; the co-editor of the Emerging Markets Review; and a wealth management advisor at Sports Global Consulting. He has published extensively in international journals, written many cases for class discussion, and lectured throughout the world.
Whether you are an executive or a student, beginner or expert, this book is designed to explain and illustrate the working essentials of finance with clarity and speed.
This desktop companion deliberately combines essential theory with real-world application, using short, focused chapters to help you find what you need and implement it right away. www.pearsoned.co.uk/estrada
Table of Contents
Publisher's acknowledgments
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
PART I: RISK AND RETURN
1 Returns (I): Basic concepts
2 Returns (II): Mean returns
3 Risk (I): Total risk
4 Risk and return (I): Portfolios
5 Risk (II): Diversification
6 Risk (III): Systematic risk
7 Risk and return (II): The CAPM and the cost of capital
8 Risk and return (III): The three-factor model
9 Risk (IV): Downside risk
10 Risk and return (IV): Risk-adjusted returns
11 Risk and return (V): Portfolio optimization
12 Risk and return (VI): The long term
PART II: VALUATION
13 Stocks (I): The dividend discount model
14 Stocks (II): The WACC model
15 Stocks (III): Other DCF models
16 Stocks (IV): Reverse valuation
17 Stocks (V): Relative valuation
18 Bonds (I): Prices and yields
19 Bonds (II): Default risk and market risk
20 Bonds (III): Duration and convexity
PART III: OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS
21 NPV and IRR
22 Real options
23 Corporate value creation
24 Options
25 Futures and forwards
26 Currencies
PART IV: STATISTICAL BACKGROUND
27 Stats (I): Summary statistics
28 Stats (II): Normality
29 Stats (III): Non-normality
30 Stats (IV): Regression analysis
Index
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