Brealey, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 11e, is an introduction to corporate finance focusing on how companies invest in real assets, how they raise the money to pay for the investments, and how those assets ultimately affect the firm's value. It also provides a broad overview of the financial landscape. The book offers a framework for systematically thinking about most of the important financial problems that both firms and individuals are likely to confront: financial management is important, interesting, and challenging.Fundamentals focuses on setting out the basic principles of financial management and applying them to the main decisions faced by the financial manager. The text is also organized around the key concepts of modern finance. These concepts, properly explained, simplify the subject. They are also practical. Financial management tools are easier to grasp and use effectively when presented in a consistent conceptual framework.

Part 1 Introduction1 Goals and Governance of the Corporation2 Financial Markets and Institutions3 Accounting and Finance4 Measuring Corporate PerformancePart 2 Value5 The Time Value of Money6 Valuing Bonds7 Valuing Stocks8 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria9 Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis to Make Investment Decisions10 Project AnalysisPart 3 Risk11 Introduction to Risk, Return, and the Opportunity Cost of Capital12 Risk, Return, and Capital Budgeting13 The Weighted-Average Cost of Capital and Company ValuationPart 4 Financing14 Introduction to Corporate Financing15 How Corporations Raise Venture Capital and Issue SecuritiesPart 5 Debt and Payout Policy16 Debt Policy17 Payout PolicyPart 6 Financial Analysis and Planning18 Long-Term Financial Planning19 Short-Term Financial Planning20 Working Capital ManagementPart 7 Special Topics21 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control22 International Financial Management23 Options24 Risk ManagementPart 8 Conclusion25 What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance