Stock markets and corporate finance

Introduction: stock markets and corporate finance -- A short history of stock markets -- The time value of money -- Market debt, interest rates and valuation -- The valuation of equity shares -- Shareholders' required rate of return (the cost of equity capital) -- Accounting statements and ratio analysis -- Financial leverage -- Valuation of cash flows -- Currency exchange rates -- Hedging currency risk : derivatives -- Investment decision making : theory and practice -- Equity value and personal taxes -- Financial leverage (revisited) -- Valuation of the firm's cash flows (revisited) -- Ethical behavior