Finance for Managers

This course introduces users to the fundamentals of corporate finance viewed from the perspective of the business manager. It aims at imparting users with a managerial and analytical level understanding on topics such as time value of money, present value, future value, discounted cash flow, annuities, efficient market hypothesis, capital asset pricing model, portfolio theory, stock, options, future and derivative contracts, capital structure, weighted average costs of capital, capital budgeting techniques, and financial ratio analysis. This course also covers company enterprise valuation method, stock valuation, fundamental and technical analysis, option valuation and pricing- numerical and Black-Scholes, financial forecasting, co-integration, random walk, seasonality, smoothing and errors. This course concludes with the introduction to survey and research method.

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• Course Text 3:14:00

  • 1: Course Text 3:14:00

• Unit 1: Finance and Free Market Economies 32:14

  • 2: Lecture 1.1: Finance and Free Market Economies Preview 02:15
  • 3: Lecture 1.2: Principles of Finance - Theory (Part 1) Preview 03:45
  • 4: Lecture 1.3: Principles of Finance - Theory (Part 2) Preview 01:48
  • 5: Lecture 1.4: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) 01:16
  • 6: Lecture 1.5: Interest Rates, Bonds and Annuities 03:06
  • 7: Lecture 1.6: Bonds 02:42
  • 8: Lecture 1.7: Bond Duration 02:02
  • 9: Lecture 1.8: Capital Market Theory - Risk & Return: Efficient Market Hypothesis 02:43
  • 10: Lecture 1.9: Security Market Line - Risk & Return 03:48
  • 11: Lecture 1.10: Security Market Line 01:42
  • 12: Lecture 1.11: Capital Asset Pricing Model 01:15
  • 13: Lecture 1.12: Portfolio Theory 02:52
  • 14: Knowledge Quiz 1.1: 01:00
  • 15: Knowledge Quiz 1.2 01:00
  • 16: Knowledge Quiz 1.3: 01:00

• Unit 2: Corporate Finance 31:35

  • 17: Lecture 2.1: Corporate Finance 02:45
  • 18: Lecture 2.2: Optimal Capital Structure - Debt vs. Equity 03:18
  • 19: Lecture 2.3: Interest Tax Shield / Cost of Financial Distress 03:34
  • 20: Lecture 2.4: Financial Leverage and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) 01:44
  • 21: Lecture 2.5: Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) 05:26
  • 22: Lecture 2.6: Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) 01:19
  • 23: Lecture 2.7: Capital Budgeting Methods / Techniques 01:37
  • 24: Lecture 2.8: Internal Rate of Return Method (IRR) 03:22
  • 25: Lecture 2.9: Understanding Financial Statements / Financial Ratio Analysis 05:30
  • 26: Knowledge Quiz 2.1: 01:00
  • 27: Knowledge Quiz 2.2: 01:00
  • 28: Knowledge Quiz 2.3: 01:00

• Unit 3: Company Stock Valuation & Derivatives 33:10

  • 29: Lecture 3.1: Company Stock Valuations 02:06
  • 30: Lecture 3.2: Valuation (Enterprises / Companies / Project) 06:18
  • 31: Lecture 3.3: DCF Method - Company Enterprise Value 02:29
  • 32: Lecture 3.4: Calculation of the Free Cash Flow 02:18
  • 33: Lecture 3.5: Common Stock Valuation 02:20
  • 34: Lecture 3.6: Derivatives - Options and Future Contracts 03:47
  • 35: Lecture 3.7: Future Contracts 03:39
  • 36: Lecture 3.8: Call Option 05:00
  • 37: Lecture 3.9: SWAPS 02:13
  • 38: Knowledge Quiz 3.1: 01:00
  • 39: Knowledge Quiz 3.2: 01:00
  • 40: Knowledge Quiz 3.3: 01:00

• Unit 4: Option Valuation: Fundamentals vs. Technical Analysis 20:02

  • 41: Lecture 4.1: Options Valuation and Pricing - Numerical and Black-Scholes 02:25
  • 42: Lecture 4.2: Cost, Price, Rates and Dividends 01:37
  • 43: Lecture 4.3: Analysis for Trading Purposes - Technical Analysis 02:36
  • 44: Lecture 4.4: Types of Trends 01:42
  • 45: Lecture 4.5: Support and Resistance / Volume 02:06
  • 46: Lecture 4.6: Moving Averages 03:02
  • 47: Lecture 4.7: Moving Average Convergence 01:14
  • 48: Lecture 4.8: Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis 02:20
  • 49: Knowledge Quiz 4.1: 01:00
  • 50: Knowledge Quiz 4.2: 01:00
  • 51: Knowledge Quiz 4.3: 01:00

• Unit 5: Financial Forecasting 20:43

  • 52: Lecture 5.1: Financial Forecasting 02:24
  • 53: Lecture 5.2: Regression, Correlation and Covariance 02:19
  • 54: Lecture 5.3: Time Series Analysis- Congregation and Random Walk 04:54
  • 55: Lecture 5.4: Errors in Statistical Forecasts 02:38
  • 56: Lecture 5.5: Econometrics Tools - Seasonality, Smoothing and Errors 02:14
  • 57: Lecture 5.6: Smoothing Techniques 01:07
  • 58: Lecture 5.7: Qualitative Methods - Survey, Research and Delphi 02:07
  • 59: Knowledge Quiz 5.1: 01:00
  • 60: Knowledge Quiz 5.2: 01:00
  • 61: Knowledge Quiz 5.3: 01:00

Upon the completion of this course, user will be able to:
• Understand and apply the concepts of time value of money, present value, future value, discounted cash flows and other basic principles of finance.
• Apply expert judgement in using the concepts and role efficient market hypothesis, capital assets pricing model, portfolio theory to optimize financial management.
• Apply techniques of time value of money, discounted cash flows in the valuation of share, bond and investment proposals. Students will also learn how to apply techniques of fundamental company analysis, financial forecasting method, options valuation and numerical (pricing) and Black-Scholes model.
• Analyse and critically evaluate a firm’s capital structure, debt and equity position and determine the optimal debt-equity position.
• Analyse and interpret the financial ratios and portfolio theory and practice management of a business.
• Calculate and interpret NPV, IRR, Pay Back Period, Profitability Index to evaluate projects.

• Business Managers
• Students
• Self Employed Individuals
• Start-up Companies
• Executives
• Entrepreneurs

• No prerequisites.
• No materials distributed.
• No formal assessments required.

• Business Analyst
• Commercial Banking Professional
• Corporate Treasurer
• Financial Project Manager
• Foreign Exchange Dealer
• Insurance Professional
• Investment Analyst
• Investment Banker
• Investment Manager
• Risk Manager
• Stockbroker

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