Basic finance : Introduction to financial institutions, investments, and management / by Herbert B. Mayo.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents : t. 1. Financial institutions -- The role of financial markets -- Investment banking -- Securities markets -- Financial intermediaries -- The federal reserve -- Pt. 2. Financial tools -- The time value of money -- Risk and its measurement -- Analysis of financial statements -- Pt. 3. Investments -- The features of stock -- Stock valuation -- The features of long-term debt - bonds -- Bond pricing and yields -- Preferred stock -- Convertible securities -- Investment returns -- Investment companies -- Pt. 4. Corporate finance -- Forms of business and corporate taxation -- Break-even analysis and the payback period -- Leverage -- Cost of capital -- Capital budgeting -- Forecasting -- Cash budgeting -- Management of current assets -- Management of short-term liabilities -- Intermediate-term debt and leasing -- Pt. 5. Derivatives -- Options : Puts and calls -- Futures