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Course Introduction

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Introduction To Finance

1.1: Introduction to Concepts in Finance

1.2: Goal of Financial Management

1.3: Ethics

1.4: Business Organization and Governance

1.5: Asset Classes

1.6: Institutions, Markets, and Intermediaries

Unit 1 Practice and Assessment

Unit 2: Financial Statements and Financial Analysis

2.1: Balance Sheets and Income Statements

2.2: Cash Flow and Other Statements

2.3: Analyzing Financial Statements

2.4: Forecasting Financial Statements

Unit 2 Practice and Assessment

Unit 3: Working Capital Management

3.1: Overview of Working Capital

3.2: Cash Management

3.3: Managing Accounts Receivable

3.4: Inventory Management

3.5: Sources of Short-Term Financing

Unit 3 Practice and Assessment

Unit 4: Time Value Of Money

4.1: The Time Value of Money

4.2: Future Value and Compounding

4.3: Present Value and Discounting

4.4: Special Applications: Perpetuities, Annuities and Yields

Unit 4 Practice and Assessment

Unit 5: Stocks, Bonds, and Financial Markets

5.1: Stocks

5.2: Bonds

5.3: Security Markets

5.4: Convertibles, Options, and Derivitives

Unit 5 Practice and Assessment

Unit 6: Capital Budgeting Techniques

6.1: Capital Budgeting and Net Present Value

6.2: Internal Rate of Return

6.3: Profitability Index

6.4: Payback Period Method

6.5: Evaluating Projects Incrementally

Unit 6 Practice and Assessment

Unit 7: Risk, Return, and the CAPM

7.1: Statistical Concepts in Finance

7.2: Uncertainty in Capital Budgeting

7.3: Portfolio Risk, Reward, and Diversification

7.4: Risk of Stock Investments and Market Betas

7.5: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

Unit 7 Practice and Assessment

Unit 8: Corporate Capital Structure

8.1: Capital Structure Finance Theory

8.2: Cost of Capital and Capital Structure – WACC

Unit 8 Practice and Assessment

Study Guide

Course Feedback Survey

Certificate Final Exam

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