This document provides an overview of key concepts in finance including:
- Finance is the management of monetary resources and activities related to running a business. It involves organizing the flow of funds to achieve business objectives efficiently.
- There are two main approaches to finance - traditional which focuses on short-term profit maximization, and modern which emphasizes long-term shareholder wealth maximization.
- Risk and return are fundamental concepts, where higher risk investments generally offer higher potential returns. Systematic risk cannot be eliminated by diversification, while unsystematic risk can be reduced through diversification.
- The time value of money recognizes that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future, due to its