Part 1: Financial markets and financial instruments -- Raising capital -- Debt financing -- Equity financing -- Part 2: Valuing financial assets -- Portfolio tools -- Mean-variance analysis and the capital asset pricing model -- Factor models and the arbitrage pricing theory -- Pricing derivatives -- Options -- Discounting and valuation -- Part 3: Valuing real assets -- Investing in risk-free projects -- Investing in risky projects -- Allocating capital and corporate strategy -- Corporate taxes and the impact of financing on real asset valuation -- Part 4: Capital financial structure -- How taxes affect financing choices -- How taxes affect dividends and share repurchases -- Bankruptcy costs and debt holder-equity holder conflicts -- Capital structure and corporate strategy -- Part 5: Incentives, information, and corporate control -- How managerial incentives affect financial decisions -- The information conveyed by financial decisions -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Part 6: Risk management -- Risk management and corporate strategy -- The practice of hedging -- Interest rate risk management

1. Financial institution -- United States
2. Corporations -- United States -- Finance
3. Strategic planning -- United States