5 Part 3: Taking Investment Banking to the Next Level Chapter 12: Doing a Discounted Free Cash Flow Analysis Gearing Up for Discounted Free Cash Flow Calculating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital Going for Terminal Value Valuing a Share of Stock Chapter 13: Structuring a Leveraged Buyout Seeing How Leveraged Buyouts Are Structured Building a Leveraged Buyout Model Chapter 14: Determining the Strength of a Company’s Return on Equity Understanding the Importance of Return on Equity Using a DuPont Analysis Interpreting the Results
6 Part 4: Applying Investment Banking Chapter 15: Knowing the Rules The History of Regulation of Investment Banking The Ins and Outs of Modern Investment Banking Rules The Rules on Analysts Why Simply Making Rules Isn’t Enough Chapter 16: How Some Companies Lie, Cheat, and Steal Their Way to the Top Did You Really Sell That? When Companies Aggressively Report Revenue Lucy, You Got Some ’Splainin’ to Do: When Companies Understate Their Expenses Missed It by That Much: When Companies Overstate Their Financial Position Keeping Investors Off-Balance What Should an Investment Banker Do? Chapter 17: Understanding Alternative Investments and Asset Management Knowing Your Alternatives Digging Into Asset Management Managing Potential Conflicts with Clients Chapter 18: Trying Your Hand at Investment Banking with a Case Study Setting the Scene Considering the Options Creating the Analysis Structuring a Deal Success or Failure
7 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 19: Ten of the Biggest Debacles in Investment Banking History The Dot-Com Boom and Bust Tainted Research Scandals Enron and the Accounting Scams The Mortgage Debacle and Collapse of Lehman The Flash Crash The London Whale at JPMorgan Chase and Barings Bank Long-Term Capital Management Bankruptcy in Jefferson County, Alabama IPO Allocations with CSFB