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About the Course

This course provides a brief introduction to the fundamentals of finance, emphasizing their application to a wide variety of real-world situations spanning personal finance, corporate decision-making, and financial intermediation. Key concepts and applications include: time value of money, risk-return tradeoff, cost of capital, interest rates, retirement savings, mortgage financing, auto leasing, capital budgeting, asset valuation, discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, net present value, internal rate of return, hurdle rate, payback period....

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MS

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Excellent and concise course! I've dealt with IRR and NPV for my job for years and did not fully understand their origins and limitations, and this course helped clearly articulate that for me.

LL

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The professor is very patient, he spends a lot of time making sense of the equations and the calculation process, which helps me comprehend the concepts and their application really a lot. Thank you!

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By Reese A S

Apr 25, 2020

Really good course but I definitely think that quizzes could be a little more difficult. More examples should be given during lectures as well.

By Barbara R

May 18, 2020

certain points needed more explanation. I have no background knowledge and so had to search for an external support to pass the relevant exams

By Régis G

Jan 4, 2016

Excellent course

A little plus would be the correction of some exercises (sent to the students for example) once the course has been completed.

By Wyeth H

Oct 26, 2017

Great course, didn't cover exactly what I thought it was going to but still taught me a lot of useful information as a beginner in the field.

By Joe D

Sep 23, 2017

The problem sets are a bit too easy, but the lectures are very informative and clarify some not-so-intuitive practices in corporate finance.

By Emily Y

Oct 2, 2019

Good course to give you overview of corporate finance, balance sheet etc. The professor is clear and the course is conducted at good pace.

By JULIO G

Jul 22, 2020

Comprehensive, well structured and good cadence of lessons. Professor receives a high appreciation for his method in delivering content.

By Meghna V

Oct 23, 2016

Very good overview of the basics of corporate finance. The concepts are covered very well and the problems involve theory + application.

By Ahmad E

Feb 9, 2016

i instructor has outstanding capabilities, his explanation is clear and organized yet, too much information are squeezed in only 4 weeks

By sushant r

Sep 25, 2020

Course structure was very good but not for a beginner. I am very fortunate to Coursera and all the course members for all the support.

By Onur K P

Apr 25, 2020

I am not sure how the answers were evaluated, especially the last IRR question, I used excel and got the answer but it did not accept.

By same l

Dec 29, 2021

this is a good course for basic understanding of corporate finance, which i would recommend to anyone who have interest in finance.

By Yingyi Z

Feb 14, 2018

Great contents and easy to follow. But is it me or is the content somewhat incomplete?...It seems that there should be more content

By Yegor M

Jan 22, 2021

The course is very interesting and informative. However, all quizzes have two or more questions that don't have the right answers.

By Aravind K R

Dec 12, 2021

A good introduction to Discounted cash flow, sensitivity analysis, IRR/NPV . Expected a better set of questions from the quizzes

By pratik c

Aug 10, 2023

i have been familiar first time of about what is corporate financial is actually are and how does it works on an actual basis .

By Stephanie S

Jan 21, 2022

Overall, great course full of valuable contents. But the quiz is illy organized. Maybe should consider to include WACC and DCF.

By Nirhankar S

Apr 12, 2020

This course is challenging for those weak at financing, but professor Michael Roberts makes it less difficult and fun to learn

By Reem A

Jul 14, 2020

The course is very informative, however, it would be nice if after each quiz we have an answer sheet explaining the process.

By Janvi S

Aug 5, 2020

Very informative . Precisely represented through words and slides. Would look forward to more such wonderful opportunities.

By Alex L

Dec 30, 2015

It's a very good introduction to finance, the lectures are clear and concise. I only would have liked it to go a bit deeper

By Thomas H

Sep 26, 2020

Great course, but wish it was a little more extensive on the last half of the course, particularly around NPV, IRR, etc.

By Siddesh S R

Sep 8, 2020

It was very informative and the quizzes made it interesting too. Some concepts require deep understanding and knowledge.

By Kyle N

Sep 15, 2019

Great for all levels, and I really enjoyed the course, while also learning a lot. Could be a tad more interesting though

By Michael H

Jan 30, 2016

Again an excellent course. An additional level beyond this Introduction on a paid for basis would be highly beneficial.