Finance. Volume 1 : a quantitative introduction

Finance Volume 1 : a quantitative introduction Volume 1 :

Many students want an introduction to finance. Those who are quantitatively-oriented learners can benefit in particular from an introduction that puts more emphasis on mathematics and graphical presentations than on verbal descriptions. By illustrating core finance facts and concepts through equatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Staszkiewicz, Piotr, author (author), Staszkiewicz, Lucia, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Academic Press 2015.
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Finance > Mathematical models.
Finance > Simulation methods.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628603506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction to Finance and Financial Markets
  • 1.1 - Finance
  • 1.2 - Interaction between finance and other branches of science
  • 1.3 - Players on macroeconomic scale
  • 1.3.1 - Households, Companies, Government, and FX
  • 1.4 - Financial instruments
  • 1.4.1 - Financial Instrument
  • 1.4.2 - Financial Asset
  • 1.4.3 - Financial Liability
  • 1.4.4 - Equity Instrument
  • 1.4.5 - Fair Value
  • 1.4.6 - Puttable Instrument
  • 1.4.7 - Long and Short
  • 1.4.8 - Financial Instruments versus Securities
  • 1.5 - Financial markets
  • 1.5.1 - Structure of the Markets on the basis of the Instruments Traded
  • 1.5.2 - Forex and the Interbank Market
  • 1.5.3 - International Financial Market
  • 1.5.4 - Intermediary Functions of the Financial Markets
  • 1.5.5 - Financial Functions of the Financial Markets
  • 1.6 - International institutions
  • 1.7 - International organization
  • 1.8 - European union (eu)
  • 1.9 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N Questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • Solution
  • Y/N Questions' answers
  • Chapter 2 - Market Participants
  • 2.1 - Financial intermediaries
  • 2.2 - Business models
  • 2.2.1 - Transaction Facilitators (TF)
  • 2.3 - Initial public offering (ipo)
  • 2.4 - Investment services
  • 2.5 - Government and central bank
  • 2.5.1 - Governmental Intermediaries
  • 2.5.2 - Central Bank or Currency Board
  • 2.5.3 - Central Bank Instruments
  • 2.5.4 - New Areas and Entities Performing Intermediaries Function
  • 2.6 - Stock exchanges
  • 2.6.1 - Legal Construction of the Stock Exchange
  • 2.6.2 - Classification of Equity Markets and Stocks
  • 2.7 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N Questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • BSSE
  • Solution
  • Y/N Questions' answers.
  • Chapter 3 - Fundamentals of Financial Instruments Pricing
  • 3.1 - Decision-making process
  • 3.2 - Arbitrage
  • 3.3 - Accounting and economic value
  • 3.4 - Group of instruments
  • 3.5 - Valuation - DCF
  • 3.6 - Equity: fundamental analysis of share values
  • 3.7 - Theories of share price behavior
  • 3.8 - Fixed income: the loan, debentures, and loan stock valuation
  • 3.9 - Derivatives
  • 3.10 - Option
  • 3.10.1 - Classification of Options
  • 3.11 - Forwards/futures
  • 3.12 - Swaps
  • 3.13 - Other derivatives
  • 3.14 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • Solution
  • Y/N Questions' answers
  • Chapter 4 - Hypothesis of Informational Efficiency of Financial Markets
  • 4.1 - Efficient market
  • 4.2 - Weak form hypothesis
  • 4.3 - Semistrong form of efficiency
  • 4.4 - Strong form of efficiency
  • 4.5 - The coherent market hypothesis
  • 4.6 - Behavioral finance
  • 4.7 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N Questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • Solution
  • Chapter 5 - Financial Information
  • 5.1 - Sources
  • 5.2 - Indexes
  • 5.3 - Data usage
  • 5.4 - General economy
  • 5.5 - Industry analysis
  • 5.6 - Company analysis
  • 5.7 - Financial statements
  • 5.8 Elements of financial statments
  • 5.9 - Accounting standards
  • 5.10 - Auditing
  • 5.11 - Individual and group financial statements
  • 5.12 - Ratio analysis
  • 5.13 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N Questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • Solution
  • Chapter 6 - Return and Risk Appraisal
  • 6.1 - Return
  • 6.2 - Accounting rate of return
  • 6.3 - Simple project assessment
  • 6.3.1 - The Payback Method
  • 6.3.2 - Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Method
  • 6.3.3 - NPV Method
  • 6.4 - Risk
  • 6.4.1 - Risk and Uncertainty
  • 6.5 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N Questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • Solution.
  • Chapter 7 - Money Market and Liquidity Management
  • 7.1 - Money market
  • 7.2 - Working capital cycle
  • 7.3 - Classification
  • 7.4 - Instruments
  • 7.5 - Rates
  • 7.6 - Pricing
  • 7.7 - Current issues
  • 7.8 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N Questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • Solution
  • Chapter 8 - Fixed Income Instruments
  • 8.1 - Classification
  • 8.2 - Credit risk
  • 8.3 - Government bonds
  • 8.4 - Coupon
  • 8.5 - Listing
  • 8.6 - Securitization
  • 8.7 - Term structure
  • 8.8 - Yield to maturity
  • 8.9 - Convexity
  • 8.10 - Yield spread
  • 8.11 - Summary
  • Further reading
  • Y/N Questions
  • Discussions
  • Situation
  • Appendix A - Time Value of Money
  • Bibliography.

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