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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 YASAR U P

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Aug 29, 2019

Thank you . Some additional accounting examples may be helpfull

By BHATE C P

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Jul 21, 2020

A really helpful course for beginners in Finance field.

By Tariq A H

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Nov 22, 2020

Was very challenging going through the final week 5 HW

By Ayleen M A H

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Aug 22, 2019

Very helpful but would like to see more practice

By Francisco C

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Apr 30, 2024

Great for a high-level overview of Finance

By John C

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Jul 21, 2024

good for pre MBA for non finance folks

By EKJOT S

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Aug 1, 2020

question 7 in capstone quiz is wrong

By Roselle J

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Jan 17, 2021

Interesting but very difficult

By Akkas A

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Jun 4, 2020

capstone project is to taught

By Jessica F

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Aug 6, 2020

Wonderfully communicated!!

By CHRISTIAN D

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Apr 5, 2023

Good overview of finance

By Ganthi M r

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Jul 12, 2020

Learning soo many things

By Avinash K

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Jun 2, 2022

eellent xperiexperience

By Brian M

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Jul 2, 2020

Great course, thanks!

By Issa B A

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Aug 24, 2019

free good Thank you

By Belinda M

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Dec 1, 2020

Excellent course

By Ahmed L

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May 11, 2020

simply stunning

By Aadithya S

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Mar 28, 2021

Great course!

By Julian H

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Jan 10, 2018

Great course!

By Denise

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Aug 29, 2017

great course!

By Breychell M D A

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Oct 25, 2020

Muy bonito

By MELIH Y

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Aug 1, 2019

thank u

By Shahwaz

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Sep 19, 2024

V.good

By ENDER C

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Aug 24, 2019

THANKS

By Fahed A E ( O - P A E

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May 11, 2022

great