The Penguin Guide to Finance [Paperback]

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Description of The Penguin Guide to Finance

Finance is everybody's business. But most people, including the growing army of private investors and many in business, find the subject baffling. Now help is at hand. Using fictional characters, Hugo Dixon unravels the complex world of finance in a simple and accessible way.

Atalandi Mushkin, thirty-one, has inherited Mushkin Multimedia, a global media conglomerate, from her father. Angry shareholders have become intolerant with recent acquisitions and the way the company is run.

Sophia Butcher, recently elected Prime Minister of Fouliland, is loved by investors for implementing radical reforms to her country's finances. However, she is surprised by the reaction of the financial markets.

Lex Buzzard, senior partner at the investment bank Buzzard Brothers, and adviser to the rich and famous, is sought out by these two women for advice.

With the help of these three characters, The Penguin Guide to Finance explains:

- Risk, return and the cost of capital
- Company valuation
- Shareholder value
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Share, currency and bond markets
Bubbles, crises and crashes

Title Information

ISBN:: 9780140289329
Pages:: 340 pages
Format:: Paperback
Product Code:: 12841
Publisher:: Penguin Books Ltd
Published:: 30/11/-0001
Edition:: 1st Edition

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Contents of The Penguin Guide to Finance

Introduction

Part One: Foundations of Finance
- The Time Value of Money
- The Capital Markets
- Interest Rates
- The Cost of Capital
- Efficient Markets
- Options

Microfinance

Part Two: Valuing Companies
- In Search of Profit
- The Wealth of Companies
- A Valuation Road Map
- Discounted Cash Flow
- Relative Valuations

Part Three: Companies in Motion
- Shareholder Value
- Financial Engineering
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Breaking Up

Macrofinance

Part Four: Financial Markets
- Bonds
- Stock Markets
- Currencies

Part Five: Financial Pathology
- Speculation and Hedging
- Banking Crises
- Bubbles and Crashes
- International Financial Crises

Epilogue
Appendix: Formula Hell
Acknowledgements