The fast and easy way to learn corporate finance!

Now anyone can grasp the fundamentals of corporate finance--without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Corporate Finance Demystified, finance professor Troy Adair provides an effective, illuminating, and entertaining way to learn this complex subject.

This self-teaching guide first explains the basic principles of corporate finance, including accounting statements, cash flows, and ratio analysis. Then, you'll get into the specifics of such topics as the time value of money, interest rate conversion, payment composition, and amortization schedules. Details on valuing bonds, stocks, and options as well as measuring risk and return are also included. Featuring end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam, this book will teach you the ins-and-outs of corporate finance in no time at all.

Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Corporate Finance Demystified is your shortcut to a working knowledge of this important business topic.

This hands-on, self-teaching text offers:

• An easy way to understand corporate finance
• Hundreds of worked examples with solutions
• A quiz at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses
• A final exam at the end of the book
• No unnecessary technical jargon
• A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work!

• Introduction
• "I will gladly pay you $2 tomorrow for $1 today" : the time value of money
• Valuation
• Where do interest rates come from ? Risk, return, and the cost of capital
• Advanced topics in corporate finance