The corporation and financial markets -- Introduction to financial statement analysis -- Financial decision making and the law of one price -- The time value of money -- Interest rates -- Valuing bonds -- Investment decision rules -- Fundamentals of capital budgeting -- Valuing stocks -- Capital markets and the pricing of risk -- Optimal portfolio choice and the capital asset pricing model -- Estimating the cost of capital -- Investor behavior and capital market efficiency -- Captial structure in a perfect market -- Debt and taxes -- Financial distress, managerial incentives, and information -- Payout policy -- Capital budgeting and valuation with leverage -- Valuation and financial modeling : a case study -- Financial options -- Option valuation -- Real options -- Raising equity capital -- Debt financing -- Leasing -- Working capital management -- Short-term financial planning -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Corporate governance -- Risk management -- International corporate finance.