The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to finance:
Finance – addresses the ways in which individuals and organizations raise and allocate monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects.
The term finance may incorporate any of the following:
Main articles: Accounting and List of accounting topics |
Main article: Corporate finance |
See also: Financial management and § Corporate finance theory |
Further information: Outline of corporate finance |
Main article: Investment management |
See also: § Portfolio theory |
Main article: Personal finance |
Main article: Public finance |
Main article: Insurance |
Main articles: Financial economics and Asset pricing |
See also: Finance § Financial theory |
Further information: Financial economics § Corporate finance theory, and Financial economics § Certainty |
See also: Outline of corporate finance § Theory |
Main article: Asset pricing |
Further information: Financial economics § Underlying economics |
Main article: Time value of money |
Main article: Financial mathematics |
Main article: Financial mathematics § Derivatives pricing |
See also: Financial economics § Derivative pricing |
Main article: Equity market |
Main article: Equity valuation |
See also: § Context |
Main article: Investment theory |
Main article: Bond market |
Main article: Money market |
Main article: Commodity market |
Main article: Derivatives market |
Main article: Forward market |
Main article: Futures market |
Main article: Swap market |
Main article: Equity derivative |
Main article: Interest rate derivative |
Main article: Credit derivative |
Main article: Foreign exchange derivative |
Further information: Professional certification in financial services; Professional certification § Accountancy, auditing and finance; and § Education |
Main article: List of financial regulatory authorities by country |
This section is corporate-finance-focused: for the valuation of derivatives and interest rate / fixed income instruments see § Derivatives pricing; for the economic theory see § Asset pricing theory. |
Main article: Valuation using discounted cash flows |
Further information: Discounted cash flow and Time value of money |
Main article: Relative valuation |
Main article: Contingent claim valuation |
Further information: Financial modeling § Accounting |
Not to be confused with Financial modeling § Quantitative finance. |
Main article: Modern portfolio theory |
Further information: Financial economics § Uncertainty |
Main article: Post-modern portfolio theory |
Further information: Financial economics § Portfolio theory |
See also: List of financial performance measures |
Main article: Quantitative investing |
Main article: Financial modeling |