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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....

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It would be very helpful if the solutions were provided to missed quiz questions - there were a few questions I tried a couple times and could never figure out.

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The course seems well researched-- I just have a hard time grasping these formulas and terms at the same time. They all seem to blend together when you add financial terminology into the algebra.

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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

By Henry W

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Jan 6, 2021

It's good

By Abdul

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Feb 28, 2024

tough

By Ivy Y

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Mar 10, 2021

Honestly speaking, my experience with this course wasn't great. Reasons are the following: 1) The content of each class was actually not much. However, because the professor spoke so slowly I had to pay extra effort to focus and make the association of different topics in my mind (maybe it's just me; but if you are also easily drained by slow talking, this is going to be a problem with this course). 2) The reading materials in week 3 was misplaced as the content in the materials would only appear in latter videos. 3) A lot of frustration on the quiz - as many students reported rounding effect leading to wrong answer. And there was no support on solving the problems unless someone else published their solution in the forum... And in the case of this class, few were still active on week 4.

By Paul W

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Dec 16, 2022

The class videos were ok, but the professor writes minimal notes and provides longwinded explanations. The professor will associate with students taking the course at random times when studying and especially when taking quizzes, which is just plain weird. Other than that, enough documentation is provided to understand the material. The course is challenging in some sections, but hard work and commitment will pay off in helping to learn the material.

By Xander V

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Jan 5, 2024

I found the course informative, but the professor moves quite quickly through the various examples and topics. I feel there are not enough examples to practice which makes it tough to pass the quizes. This is especially true if you are starting from scratch and have not used algebra in a long time. I found that the 'Introduction to Corporate Finance' course deals with a lot of the same topics but on a better pace (for me).

By Sahil S

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Jun 28, 2022

My review for this course is mixed. On one hand, the concepts that were taught were enriching, such as present and future value, NPV, bond and equity valuation, and the Internal Rate of Return. However, I found the lectures and assignments more mathematical than my liking. I definately suggest, although it isn't an official prerequisite, that potential learners have some sort of understanding of complex algebra.

By Nikita K

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Apr 23, 2021

The course itself is very "messy". Even though he main topics are covered but it feels like everything is done in a hurry without any proper background information like why, when and what for. Definitely, 4 weeks of this course is not enough. Fundamentals of Finance should set up a good basis of knowledge as it will be getting harder and harder, but it fails to do so, in my humble opinion.