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Basic Finance: An Introduction to Financial Institutions, Investments, and Management

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Combing up-to-the-minute coverage with best practices from the field, BASIC FINANCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INVESTMENTS, AND MANAGEMENT, 12Eillustrates how all three primary aspects of finance -- investments, financial institutions, and corporate finance -- are interrelated to give you a solid foundation in the essentials of finance. Extremely reader friendly, each chapter offers a concise, self-contained treatment of specific concepts or institutions. Comprehensive coverage of time value of money uses equations, interest tables, and financial calculator keystrokes to ensure your understanding of this key topic that permeates finance. In addition, numerous hands-on problems, financial calculation illustrations, an Excel appendix, and the MindTap digital solution help you put what you learn into practice and maximize your success.

608 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1978

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April 20, 2022
Key Takeaways. Finance encompasses banking, leverage or debt, credit, capital markets, money, investments, and the creation and oversight of financial systems. Basic financial concepts are based on microeconomic and macroeconomic theories.
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July 24, 2013
Comprehensive summary about basic finance and terms. High recommended
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