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...

With great analytic depth, this textbook clearly illuminates the basic principles of descriptive statistics. It accomplishes this aim with lively language and numerous illustrations, overviews, and tables along with practice exercises. Prof. Dr. Johannes Natrop(Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg)