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The four major areas of finance are business finance, mergers and acquisitions, financing, and financial markets. Business finance supports the internal operations of an organization. In mergers and acquisitions funding is used for making deals to buy another company. Financing is used by international organizations to take their companies public. International finance generally involves the buying of foreign companies and the raising of finance for the purpose of either providing the company with short-term loans or providing long-term financing for development projects.

International finance is an international field of study that seeks to promote economic growth by facilitating international transactions and improving the overall economic performance of countries. In addition, this area of finance seeks to protect the global financial stability. Some of the financial services that are performed in this area include: organizing international trade, securing international assets, managing foreign exchange, and promoting financial products and services. It is also used to create financial solutions for companies that are based in the United States. Some of the financial products and services offered by international finance include: mortgages, credit lines, commercial real estate, corporate bonds, and corporate guaranty.

Corporate finance is the area of financial management, that concerns itself with the transformation of assets held by the corporation into cash assets. This area of financial management necessarily deals with financing options such as capital expenditures, borrowings, and mergers and acquisitions. It is also responsible for providing organizational and other support to the company as well as for the management of its financial resources. Some of the techniques that are used in corporate finance are: assets management, fundraising, and acquisitions.

This is the main article in this series. This article is a brief introduction to the world of financial economics. Financial economics deals with the decisions involved in the selection of assets, liabilities, income, and investment, utilization, risk, and valuation. The main economic process is the process of creating a market economy by removing government intervention and relying on competitive forces. Financial economists attempt to provide a general description of the various processes by which the market economy is produced.

This is the first of the three articles in this series on the world of finance. Financial markets refer to both foreign and domestic markets. They include stock markets, credit markets, derivatives, mutual funds, insurance, banking, and other financial markets. International financial markets include: currency markets, interest rates, insurance risks, and the money market.

This is the second article in this series on the world of finance. This article discusses three interrelated major areas of finance. These three areas of finance include: asset allocation, savings and loan activities, and capital budgeting and balancing. All of these areas of finance have a direct or indirect effect on all other areas of finance.

This is the third article in this series on the world of finance. This article discusses the main areas of public finance. It begins by discussing public budgeting, the role of banks and other non-governmental organizations in managing the public budget, and finally, examining some of the more complex issues affecting public budgeting. All other articles in this series will discuss these three topics.

This fourth article in this series on the world of finance begins by examining the concept of behavioral finance . Behavioral finance is concerned with the way in which people allocate resources in the real and financial markets. The main areas of behavioral finance are: asset allocation, savings and loan decision making, investment, corporate finance, and personal finance. Asset allocation involves the systematic use of assets in various sectors; savings and loan decision making involves the decisions regarding the investment of the savings and loans in various sectors; and corporate finance is concerned with the buying and selling of corporate securities, bank liabilities, and other financial instruments. All other articles in this series will also discuss these three important areas of public finance.