Corporate Fianance

Corporate Finance: A Simple Guide for Beginners covers six MBA-level modules in plain everyday English.Ch 1 - Introduction to Financial Management: what finance managers do, financial goals, the agency problem, links to accounting/economics, time value of money, risk-return, leverage.Ch 2 - Valuation of Stocks and Bonds: how to find true worth of bonds, preference shares, and equity shares using present-value and dividend discount models.Ch 3 - Financing Decisions: short-term vs long-term sources of funds, capital structure, and cost of capital.Ch 4 - Capital Budgeting: estimating project cash flows, evaluation techniques (payback, NPV, IRR, profitability index), and risk analysis.Ch 5 - Working Capital Management: operating cycle, inventory, receivables, cash, and how to finance day-to-day fund needs.Ch 6 - Dividend Policy: Walter's model, Gordon's model, and Modigliani-Miller's irrelevance theory, plus real-world factors affecting dividends.