Business Finance Manual (with CBT option)

Produced

• 2004

Key Features

Student manuals are available in packs of 5.

Business Finance Manual, ISBN #0-619-14856-X © 2004, Publish date: July 30, 2003, 126 pages, student version (without disk) , $150 for pack of 5

Business Finance: with CD + CBT, ISBN #1-4188-4576-0 © 2005, Publish date: December 21, 2004, 126 pages, student version with disk, $165 for pack of 5

Business Finance: Instructor Edition + CBT
1-4188-4575-2 © 2005, Publish date: December 21, 2004, 126 pages,includes CD with PowerPoint presentation, one manual with CBT and CD is $30

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of business finance. Students learn how to identify, calculate, and assess individual investments and investment portfolios, identify types of investment risks, calculate risk, and analyze the results. Students also learn how to calculate the future and present values of individual cash flows, ordinary annuities, annuities due, perpetuities, and investments with uneven cash flows. Course activities also cover calculating interest rates and maturity dates, establishing an amortization table, and calculating payments on amortized loans. Students also learn about the bond and stock markets, identifying characteristics of various types of stocks and bonds and their risks, and how to evaluate and invest in stocks and bonds. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Course Length: One day

Table of Contents:

Unit 1: Stand-alone risk
Topic A: Risk basics
Topic B: Probability analysis and rate of return
Topic C: Risk calculation

Unit 2: Portfolio risk
Topic A: Diversification principle
Topic B: The Capital Asset Pricing Model
Topic C: Ratio analysis

Unit 3: Future and present value of money
Topic A: Time value of money
Topic B: Compounding and discounting

Unit 4: Even and uneven cash flows
Topic A: Annuities
Topic B: Calculating financial values

Unit 5: Bonds and stocks
Topic A: Bond fundamentals
Topic B: Stock fundamentals
Topic C: Valuation of bonds and stocks

Objectives:

•  Use the diversification principle to invest in portfolios; use the Capital Asset Pricing Model; and calculate different types of financial ratios.
•  Identify different bond types and describe their characteristics; identify different types of stocks.
•  Calculate the time value of money; and use compounding and discounting methods to calculate the future and present value of money.
•  Identify the types of annuities and calculate their present and future values; identify the types of interest rates; analyze uneven cash flows; and prepare a scheduling table for amortized loans.
•  Identify different bond types and describe their characteristics; identify different types of stocks; describe the characteristics of the stock market; evaluate bonds and stocks; and identify the terms involved in their valuation.
   
  Features:
•  Easy to Use: Open design for quick scanning in the classroom.
•  Great Service: 24x7 customer service from publisher
•  Plenty of Support: Accompanying Annotated Instructor’s Manual and web site keep you prepared.
•  These courses are designed to be used in an Instructor-led training classroom environment.
•  This title may be purchased off-the-shelf, or licensed through CustomCourse software.
•  Also available with a companion CBT program.
   
  

Business Finance: Instructor Edition + CBT

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of business finance. Students learn how to identify, calculate, and assess individual investments and investment portfolios, identify types of investment risks, calculate risk, and analyze the results. Students also learn how to calculate the future and present values of individual cash flows, ordinary annuities, annuities due, perpetuities, and investments with uneven cash flows. Course activities also cover calculating interest rates and maturity dates, establishing an amortization table, and calculating payments on amortized loans. Students also learn about the bond and stock markets, identifying characteristics of various types of stocks and bonds and their risks, and how to evaluate and invest in stocks and bonds. This instructor's edition is designed for quick scanning in the classroom, and filled with interactive exercises. Comes with a companion CBT program.  

Features:

•  Marginal annotations prompt you with relevant information as you teach the course.
•  PowerPoint slides with embedded videos accompany this book.
•  Use publisher's dedicated instructor's web site to download important teaching resources.
•  All instructor’s editions have the same consistent layout, structure, voice and timing across all topics to minimize prep time for instructors teaching a variety of courses.
•  This title may be purchased off-the-shelf, or licensed through CustomCourse software.
•  Comes with a companion CBT program.