Introduction to Finance

Topics

• Introduction to corporate finance - corporations, markets, financial statements
• Financial mathematics - TVM, single CFs, CF streams, EAR, APR
• Financial mathematics - DCF, annuities, loan amortization
• Financial mathematics - interest rates, inflation
• Bonds (debt) - terminology, markets, valuation
• Bonds (debt) - price relations, duration
• Stocks (equity) - valuation models, growth
• Stocks (equity) - cash flows, market efficiency
• Capital budgeting (Project evaluation) - decision rules
• Capital budgeting (Project evaluation) - decision rules, project relations, unequal lives
• Capital budgeting (Project evaluation) - cash flows
• Capital budgeting (Project evaluation) - project analysis, real (managerial) options
• Risk and return - maths of diversification
• Risk and return - CML, Sharpe Ratio, CAPM, SML
• Derivatives and Risk Management - options Review