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Techniques of Financial Analysis, Ninth Edition is a Practical Action Guide to:
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Understanding Your Business System
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Analyzing and Projecting Financial Performance
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Evaluating Capital Investments
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Choosing Financing Alternatives
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Managing for Shareholder Value
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Managing Operating Funds
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Modeling Financial Dynamics
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Understanding the Cost of Capital
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Valuing a Business and Its Parts
Introduction
Chapter 1 : A Financial Systems Context for Business
Chapter 2 : Managing Operating Funds
Chapter 3 : Assessment of Business Performance
Chapter 4 : Projection of Financial Requirements
Chapter 5 : Dynamics of the Business System
Chapter 6 : Analysis of Investment Decisions
Chapter 7 : The Cost of Capital and Business Decisions
Chapter 8 : Analysis of Financing Choices
Chapter 9 : Valuation and Business Performance
Appendix I : Glossary of Key Concepts
Appendix II : Some International Issues in Business Analysis
Appendix III : Basic Inflation Concepts
Appendix IV : Sources of Financial Information
Appendix V : Solutions to Self-Study Problems Plus Questions for Discussion
Index
