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Basic finance; an introduction to financial institutions, investments, and management, 9th ed.


0324322291

Basic finance; an introduction to financial institutions, investments, and management, 9th ed.

Mayo, Herbert B.

Thomson Learning

2007

633 pages

$115.95

Paperback

HG173

This textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible.  introduces the three main areas of the finance discipline: financial institutions, investments, and corporate finance. Topics include (for example) the securities markets, international flows of funds, risk measurement, and forecasting techniques. Derivatives derivatives

In finance, contracts whose value is derived from another asset, which can include stocks, bonds, currencies, interest rates, commodities, and related indexes. Purchasers of derivatives are essentially wagering on the future performance of that asset.
 are covered in the final section. The ninth edition has been re-organized into 29 short, self-contained self-conĀ·tained
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