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= Finance =
{{Q|'''Finance''' is the science of funds management, or the allocation of [[w:assets|assets]] and liabilities over time under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. A key point in finance is the [[w:time value of money|time value of money]], which states that a unit of currency today is worth more than the same unit of currency tomorrow. Finance aims to price assets based on their risk level, and expected rate of return. Finance can be broken into three different sub categories: [[w:public finance|public finance]], [[w:corporate finance|corporate finance]] and [[w:personal finance]].|Wikipedia|[[w:Finance|Finance]]}}
{{Q|'''Finance''' is the science of funds management, or the allocation of [[w:assets|assets]] and liabilities over time under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. A key point in finance is the [[w:time value of money|time value of money]], which states that a unit of currency today is worth more than the same unit of currency tomorrow. Finance aims to price assets based on their risk level, and expected rate of return. Finance can be broken into three different sub categories: [[w:public finance|public finance]], [[w:corporate finance|corporate finance]] and [[w:personal finance]].|Wikipedia|[[w:Finance|Finance]]}}


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== Corporate finance ==
== Corporate finance ==
{{Q|'''Corporate finance''' is the area of [[w:finance|finance]] dealing with the sources of funding and the [[w:capital structure|capital structure]] of corporations and the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, as well as the tools and [[w:analysis|analysis]] used to allocate financial resources. The primary goal of corporate finance is to [[w:Shareholder value|maximize]] [[w:valuation (finance)|shareholder value]].|Wikipedia|[[w:corporate finance|corporate finance]]}}
{{Financial markets}}
{{Financial markets}}
 
{{Financial ratios}}
{{Q|'''Corporate finance''' is the area of [[w:finance|finance]] dealing with the sources of funding and the [[w:capital structure|capital structure]] of corporations and the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, as well as the tools and [[w:analysis|analysis]] used to allocate financial resources. The primary goal of corporate finance is to [[w:Shareholder value|maximize]] [[w:valuation (finance)|shareholder value]].|Wikipedia|[[w:corporate finance|corporate finance]]}}


== Personal finance ==
== Personal finance ==