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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 Duc P B

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Apr 23, 2021

Great course!

By Umezinne C G

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Jul 13, 2020

a good course

By Raquel G

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May 19, 2020

Great course.

By Wout H

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Mar 15, 2020

Great course!

By Muhammad S A

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Aug 4, 2024

It's helpful

By ANITHA S G P

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Apr 29, 2023

very useful

By Alper B

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Aug 8, 2022

Great course

By Fray L A M

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Aug 20, 2021

Es didáctico

By Mogaji f

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Jul 10, 2021

very financy

By Anshul J G

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Apr 8, 2021

nice course

By Farid H

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Jul 19, 2020

outstanding

By OLCAY

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Aug 8, 2019

Very good !

By Abhinav K

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Sep 27, 2018

nice course

By Anıl P

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Mar 6, 2024

Excellent!

By Sunali k

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Oct 19, 2022

very goid

By Edgar O

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Jul 13, 2020

Gran curso

By Ilan L

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May 25, 2020

Fantastic!

By GOZDE O

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Aug 29, 2019

Thank you!

By WEGELER M

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Jun 1, 2018

Excellent.

By Anwar J

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Sep 11, 2023

Excellent

By Esteban E R R

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May 15, 2023

Excellent

By Ibrahim A

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Feb 1, 2022

Thank you

By Sachin M

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Jun 21, 2021

Very good

By Abhinava G

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Mar 14, 2021

Excellent

By Sundus J

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Nov 7, 2020

excellent