Finance

(2.25 Credits)

This introductory finance course provides an overview of the main ideas and tools of analysis used in modern finance. We analyze the core financial decisions made by firms – the investment decision and the financing decision – and their impact on the value of the firm in the financial market. A large emphasis will be placed on how the theoretical concepts can be applied in practice. Topics that will be covered are: time value of money, introduction to valuation and the discounted cash flow (DCF) framework, financial planning and cash flow forecasting, corporate investments and capital budgeting, risk and return and portfolio theory, and capital structure and financial policy.