A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking and Analysis for Financial Management

A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking

Author: Dan OHair

Inspired by A Speaker's Guidebook, the most successful new public speaking text in over a decade, this brief, inexpensive, spiral-bound text is the first designed to be used in any college, workplace, or community setting that includes public speaking. With its spiral binding and compact format, this text is easy to use and gives practical coverage to the key topics and skills — from invention, research, and organization to practice and delivery — that students need to give polished speeches in any situation.

Analysis for Financial Management

Author: Robert C Higgins

Analysis for Financial Management 8e is a paperback text and has been written to present standard techniques and modern developments in a practical and intuitive manner. It is intended for non-financial managers and business students interested in the practice of financial management. Emphasis is on the managerial applications of financial analysis.

Booknews

Presents the basis for understanding and applying the techniques of financial analysis to everyday organizational decision making. This revised edition (2nd in 1989) covers recent developments in the finance field such as market signaling, market efficiency, and capital asset pricing and, for the first time, integrates international topics throughout. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1	Assessing the Financial Health of a Firm
1	Interpreting Financial Statements	3
2	Evaluating Financial Performance	38
Pt. 2	Planning Future Financial Performance
3	Financial Forecasting	91
4	Managing Growth	116
Pt. 3	Financing Operations
5	Financial Instruments and Markets	143
6	T he Financing Decision	184
Pt. 4	Evaluating Investment Opportunities
7	Discounted Cash Flow Techniques	221
8	Risk Analysis in Investment Decisions	258
9	Business Valuation and Corporate Restructuring	300
	App. A Present Value of $1 Discounted at Discount Rate k, for n Years	339
	App. B Present Value of an Annuity of $1 for n Years, Discounted at Rate k	341
	Suggested Answers to Problems	359
	Index	383