List of basic finance topics

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Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. Basic topics on finance include:

Finance

Financial Markets Bond market Stock (Equities) Market Forex market Derivatives market Commodities market Spot (cash) Market OTC market Real Estate market

Market Participants Investors Speculators Institutional Investors

Corporate finance Structured finance Capital budgeting Financial risk management Mergers and Acquisitions Accounting Financial Statements Auditing Credit rating agency

Personal finance Credit and Debt Employment contract Retirement Financial planning

Public finance Tax

Banks and Banking Central Bank List of banks Deposits Loan

Financial regulation Finance designations Accounting scandals

History of finance Stock market bubble Recession Stock market crash

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Contents 1 Nature of finance 2 Branches of finance 3 History of finance 4 Basic finance concepts 4.1 General 4.2 Accounting 4.3 Asset types 4.4 Raising capital 4.5 Regulation 5 Finance lists 6 Finance scholars 7 Leaders in finance 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Nature of finance

The term finance may incorporate any of the following:

• The study of money and other assets
• The management and control of those assets
• Profiling and managing project risks
• As a verb, "to finance" is to provide funds for business.

[edit] Branches of finance

• Personal finance
• Corporate finance
• Public finance
• Project Finance
• Trade finance

[edit] History of finance

[edit] Basic finance concepts

[edit] General

• Risk

[edit] Accounting

• Accounting
• Balance sheet
• Bookkeeping
• FASB
• Income statement
• Working capital

[edit] Asset types

• Real Estate
• Securities
• Commodities
• Futures

[edit] Raising capital

• Debt
• Factor

• Securities
  • Initial public offering

[edit] Regulation

• Federal Reserve
• Federal Trade Commission
• License
• Securities Exchange Commission

Insurance

• Bank
• Budget
• Capital
• Cash flow
• Checking
• Contract
• CPA
• Credit
• Inventory
• Investment
• Investor
• Junk bond
• Money market fund
• Money order
• Opportunity cost
• Owner
• Royalty
• Savings
• Stock
• Wire transfer

Funding Hedging Interest Yield Arbitrage Financial Vehicles Collective Investment Schemes Trusts

[edit] Finance lists

[edit] Finance scholars

[edit] Leaders in finance

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