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About the Course

This short course surveys all the major topics covered in a full semester MBA level finance course, but with a more intuitive approach on a very high conceptual level. The goal here is give you a roadmap and framework for how financial professional make decisions. We will cover the basics of financial valuation, the time value of money, compounding returns, and discounting the future. You will understand discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation and how it compares to other methods. We also step inside the mind of a corporate financial manager and develop the basic tools of capital budgeting. We will survey the how, when, and where to spend money, make tradeoffs about investment, growth, dividends, and how to ensure sound fiscal discipline. Our journey then turns to a Wall Street or capital markets perspective of investments as we discuss the fundamental tradeoff between risk and return. We then synthesize our discussion of risk with our valuation framework and incorporate it into series of direct applications to practice. This course requires no prior familiarity with finance. Rather, it is intended to be a first step for anyone who is curious about understanding stock markets, valuation, or corporate finance. We will walk through all of the tools and quantitative analysis together and develop a guide for understanding the seemingly complex decisions that finance professionals make. By the end of the course, you will develop an understanding of the major conceptual levers that push and pull on financial decision making and how they relate to other areas of business. The course should also serve as a roadmap for where to further your finance education and it would be an excellent introduction of any students contemplating an MBA or Finance concentration, but who has little background in the area....

Top reviews

RM

Aug 16, 2020

This is a very well designed course. Taking you through basics and in the end puts you in a real business scenario where you are expected to take a decision based on the tools and concepts you learnt.

KH

Mar 27, 2020

Great Course, Very solid start for those who are trying to enter Finance world.

It makes you love this field if you are not familiar with it and have no previous experience.

Great Job Professor.

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By Hasan R C

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Jun 27, 2019

Wonderful course from a wonderful professor.

Thank you for your efforts.

By Tejasvi A

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Jul 14, 2020

Best course for non-finance professionals. Shout out to the professor.

By Mikhail U

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Jun 2, 2020

Great experience, good lecturer, extremely clear explanations, thanks!

By Jagannathan I

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Sep 19, 2017

An awesome course to get introduced to the exciting world of finance!!

By Valentina R

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Jun 13, 2017

Very nice corse, useful for professionals with no economic background.

By Jingwen W

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Oct 15, 2016

Great course for somebody who wants to learn the basics about Finance.

By NAQEEB S

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Nov 18, 2022

A very good course to get brief yet essential insights about finance.

By Benjamin P S

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Dec 31, 2020

Great course to learn the basics of finance in business environments.

By Eldar K

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Sep 8, 2020

Thanks for this interesting course! I will use new skills in my life!

By Giridhar T

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Aug 16, 2020

Professor James is amazing. Thank you so much for making this course.

By Cicy

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Oct 21, 2019

Interest course! Gives me an insight on the business world operation.

By Ramdayal Y

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Nov 9, 2022

It is an excelled course for all the non finance background people.

By TRAN H B T

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Oct 25, 2021

The Lecturer is so professional. Materials are simple yet powerful.

By Olabowale G

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Mar 13, 2017

FIve Stars

Excellent course information

Course Instructor - Excellent

By Alvin T

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Sep 30, 2020

This course really helps me refresh the knowledge about Finance :)

By Izzat K

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Jan 23, 2023

Highly recommend it to those curious to see what Finance is like!

By 121913601043 g

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May 3, 2021

the course was really helpful and included all the major concepts

By Venkata K

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Jun 18, 2020

Amazing!!! Thank you so much for this fun but challenging course.

By ÜMİT K

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Aug 31, 2019

The course give me finance basics infos for my professional life.

By Chanjief C

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Jul 9, 2019

Great platform to learn the basics of finance. Loved learning it.

By Rafael B

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Sep 21, 2017

This was an excellent course and I highly recommend it to others!

By Ilya K

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Oct 13, 2016

Very well structured and clear course. Professor is truly amazing

By Michael S

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Feb 22, 2021

Excellent course. Lots of material presented in a logical order

By John A G C

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Nov 14, 2020

Recommended for those who have difficulty understanding finance.

By Felipe d J C G

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Feb 5, 2020

Excellent instructor and the content of the course is excellent