Copyright Notice to Readers Letter to Subscribers
Introduction
The Authors
Editorial: Advisory Board Contributing Authors Acknowledgements Users' Guide
Part A Breaking Through the Financing Barriers
Part B Exploring Your Financing Options
Part C Preparing a Winning Financing Proposal
Part D Successfully Dealing With Issues
Part E Restructuring and Insolvency
Part F Special Circumstances
Part G Unique Industries
Part H Overview of International Financing
Part I Legal Matters
Part J Tools for Dealing with Finance
Chapter 53 Foundation Fundamentals of Business Finance 53.1 Understanding the Finance System 53.1.1 The Loan Granting Process 53.1.2 The Financial Marketplace 53.1.3 Type and Sources of Financing 53.2 Corporate Development and Financing 53.2.1 Stages of Corporate Development and Financing Sources 53.3 Investment Stages of Business 53.3.1 Early Stage Financing 53.3.2 Expansion Financing 53.3.3 Acquisition / Buyout Financing 53.3.4 The Financing Gap 53.4 Risk / Reward Principle 53.5 Outline of Credit Criteria 53.5.1 Worksheet for Classification by Risk 53.5.2 Early Stage Financing 53.6 The Rule of 78 53.7 The Rule of 72 53.7.1 Estimating Growth Rate Chapter 54 Risk Management 54.1 Elements of Financial Risk 54.2 Overview of Products 54.2.1 Forward Agreements 54.2.2 Options 54.2.3 Interest Rate Swap 54.2.4 Currency Swap 54.2.5 Cap 54.2.6 Floor 54.2.7 Collar 54.2.8 Swaption 54.2.9 Caption / Floortion 54.2.10 Commodity-Indexed Swap 54.2.11 Forward Range Agreement 54.2.12 Forward Participation Agreement 54.2.13 Advisory Services 54.3 To Hedge, or Not to Hedge: That Is the Question 54.3.1 The Concept of Hedging 54.3.2 Foreign Exchange Spot Trading 54.3.3 Foreign Exchange Forward Contract 54.3.4 Foreign Currency Option 54.4 Swaps 54.4.1 What Are Swaps and How Do They Work? 54.4.2 The Traditional Swap 54.4.3 Risks 54.4.4 The Use of Swaps 54.5 Liquid Yield Option Note 54.6 Interest Rate and Currency Data 54.7 Income Tax Considerations Chapter 55 Financial and Economic Charts 55.1 Introduction 55.2 U.S. 3-Month Libor Rate 55.3 5-Year Government of Canada Bond Yields 55.4 90-Day Canadian Bankers' Acceptances Rates 55.5 90-Day Canadian Commercial Paper Rates 55.6 Canadian Prime Rate 55.7 Canada-U.S. 90-Day T-Bill Spread 55.8 Canada-U.S. 30-Year Bond Spread 55.9 Canadian Consumer Price Index 55.10 Canadian Dollar Per U.S. Dollar 55.11 German Mark Per U.S. Dollar 55.12 Japanese Yen Per U.S. Dollar 55.13 U.S. Dollar Per British Pound 55.14 Mexican Peso Per U.S. Dollar 55.15 Euro Per U.S. Dollar 55.16 Chinese Yuan Per U.S. Dollar Appendix I Historical Evolution of Finance
Appendix II Economic Forecast: North American Outlook Appendix III Glossary Appendix IV Acronyms Appendix V Case Studies
Appendix VI Credit Rating Systems and Agencies
Appendix VII Standard Industrial Classification (NAICS)
Appendix VIII Consumer Price Index
Appendix IX ISO 9000
Appendix X Leading Legal Cases
Appendix XI Sharwood Report Bibliography
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