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Finance is the study of money and how it is used. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how an individual, company or government acquires the money needed and how they then spend or invest that money. Core financial theories can largely be divided into the following categories: financial economics, mathematical finance and valuation. In the context of institutions, finance is often split into the following major categories: investment management, corporate finance, personal finance and public finance.

Finance, Banking, and Money
This book is designed to help you internalize the basics of money and banking. There is a little math, some graphs, and some sophisticated vocabulary, but nothing terribly difficult, if you put your brain to it. The text’s most important goal is to get you to think for yourselves.
Principles of Finance (OpenStax)
Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, Principles of Finance provides a strong foundation in financial applications using an innovative use-case approach to explore their role in business decision-making. An array of financial calculator and downloadable Microsoft Excel data exercises also engage students in experiential learning throughout. With flexible integration of technical instruction and data, this title prepares students for current practice and continual evolution.
Introduction to Investments (Paiano)
Learning to invest prudently, wisely, patiently, with an eye toward long-term growth of capital and income is easy. We can show you how. (Short-term speculation, also known as trading, is difficult and dangerous. We can't help you learn how to do it. Sorry.) Join us on our grand adventure as we learn how to build wealth and, at the same time, help raise the standard of living for everyone on the globe.
Financial Strategy for Public Managers (Kioko and Marlowe)
Financial Strategy for Public Managers is a new generation textbook for financial management in the public sector. It offers a thorough, applied, and concise introduction to the essential financial concepts and analytical tools that today’s effective public servants need to know.
Financial Management for Small Businesses - Financial Statements and Present Value Models (Robinson et al.)
This book is for those whose financial management focus is on small businesses. For you, we adapt the traditional financial management themes emphasized in corporate financial management courses to meet the needs of small businesses.
International Finance - Theory and Policy
Intermediate-level international economics texts seem to fall into one of two class. Some are written for students who may one day continue in advanced training and develop advanced general equilibrium models and use sophisticated mathematics. Other intermediate texts are written for noneconomics majors and present descriptive information about the world and the bare basics about how economic models are used to describe that world. This text strives to reach a median between both approaches.
Individual Finance
In addition to providing sources of practical information, this should introduce you to a way of thinking about your personal financial decisions. This should lead you to thinking harder and farther about the larger and longer consequences of your decisions. Many of the more practical aspects of personal finance will change over time, as practices, technologies, intermediaries, customs, and laws change, but a fundamental awareness of ways to think well about solving financial questions.
Risk Management for Enterprises and Individuals
This book is intended for the Risk Management and Insurance. Risk management will be a major focal point of business and societal decision—making in the 21st century. A separate focused field of study, it draws on core knowledge bases from law, engineering, finance, economics, medicine, psychology, accounting, mathematics, statistics and other fields to create a holistic decision-making framework that is sustainable and value-enhancing.
Introduction to Financial Analysis (Bigel)
Financial Analysis, by and large, incorporates Accounting concepts. Thus, it is imperative that the analyst understand the numbers, which s/he will utilize in his/her analysis. This text exposes the reader to the many shortcomings in reading Financial Statements. No prior knowledge of Accounting is assumed. The text will lead the reader through the arcane world of Accounting and point out the many shortcomings in reading the statements and in conducting elementary Financial Analysis.

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