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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Skills You'll Learn
Discounted Cash Flow, Decision-Making, Corporate Finance, Cash Flow Analysis
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MH
Jul 31, 2020
Actually it is a great material and amazing instructor, I got a lot of information during the course and even from the references he kindly mentioned. Thanks a lot professor, and thanks coursera.
LK
Aug 3, 2019
Really enjoyed this class. The course materials were laid out in a way that really made sense, I appreciated the weekly slides. I learned a lot and wish I could delve more deeply into this topic.
From the lesson
Week 3: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
Taught By
Michael R Roberts
William H. Lawrence Professor of Finance, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania