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About the Course

In this course, you’ll learn the basic fundamentals of corporate finance. Based on the pre-term qualifying courses for Wharton MBA students, Professor Jessica Wachter has designed this course for learners who need a refresher in financial concepts, or for those who are learning about corporate finance for the first time. You’ll identify foundational concepts in corporate finance, such as NPV, Compound and Simple Interest, and Annuities versus Perpetuities. You’ll also learn how to apply the NPV framework to calculating fixed-income valuation and Equity, using hypothetical examples of corporate projects. By the end of this course, you’ll have honed your skills in calculating risk and returns to optimize investments, and be able to assess the right set of financial information to achieve better returns for your firm....

Top reviews

RB

Mar 17, 2024

The teacher is very knowledgeable but sometimes passes some topics too fast and its hard to grasp the concept and the idea. The quizzes are not according to the classes that are given.

CB

Mar 21, 2022

The notes for this course were excellent, and the lectures were concise and easy to follow. Prof. Wachter is easy to listen to and is relaxed and helpful in her explanations.

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By SYED M A

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Apr 27, 2022

Great course, easy simple explanation. Would be great if after every assignment we can have access to solutions as questions are challenging. Otherwise a good course for a beginner.

By Brian A

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Mar 28, 2022

There was only one thing I did not like about this course. When you get questions right or wrong on the quiz, there is no explanation or guidance on how to do the problem properly.

By Jonathan Y

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May 18, 2021

It was relatively easy to understand, however, I think there were parts in the quiz that didn't refer back to what we learned. For example, why is c/r valid if it is a perpetuity?

By Oscar G C

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Feb 21, 2021

Everything was perfect but the answers to each test would have been appreciated in order to improve and understand better the mistakes made.

By rojin a

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Oct 14, 2021

I thing students need some background about course because the lecturer and also notes were not enough to answer all the questions

By Niree K

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Jan 24, 2021

Helpful course with clear lectures by Dr. Wachter.

The quizzes were a bit frustrating in their specific formatting requirements.

By Ahmed A

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Jan 12, 2021

This course needs more practice examples. Stand alone attachments can be included as exercise problems for every week.

By Viktor K

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Sep 1, 2024

really great course overall, I felt like some quiz questions had small issues in answer box with rounding

By Sharyushwari G

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Sep 25, 2022

THIS COURSE WAR VERY HELPFULL FOR AS IT GAVE ME AN INSIGHT OF MY FAVOURITE FIELD THAT IS FINANCE FIELD.

By Nikilesh K

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Jan 11, 2021

Quizzes are tough, but great learning. Only suggestion will be to offer more support for quiz answers

By Nguyen D T

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May 30, 2021

The content is good. We need answers for each quiz, so that we can know why we are right or wrong.

By Rosemary H

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Mar 14, 2021

A lot more algebra than the title or description suggests but ultimately very useful.

By Hadi B

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Jan 8, 2022

Its like 2 + 2 = 4 in contents but you should calculate earth speed in the quizzes!

By Andrew M

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May 28, 2023

Love the enthusiasm and passion Jessica has for Mathematics!!!!!!!!

By Eduardo O B

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Sep 14, 2020

Excellent. I think is necessary to check de results of Quiz 3.

By Jayant B

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Sep 23, 2021

very good course gave me a good insights of finance industry

By Ansh A

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Jun 14, 2021

the course material was a tad tough...otherwise a good course

By Lord B S L M M J

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Dec 1, 2020

This course has helped improved my knowledge of finance.

By Ronan D

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Mar 29, 2021

explination was not very good for a new person

By Ipek B

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Aug 11, 2022

More examples to be presented in the videos

By Soumarup P

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Jun 8, 2021

This was a good course in Finance

By Dhiren J

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Aug 27, 2024

they dont explain wrong answers

By Ariel H

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Apr 7, 2022

Just things were very confusing

By Facundo G

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Apr 15, 2021

Really helpful

By Duy P

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Aug 20, 2021

Very good