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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Oct 29, 2021
The professor explanation is super easy to understand. It also quite comprehensive so I can understand almost every big point the Professor gave me. I love to learn more from Professor Roberts :D
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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.
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Week 1: Time Value of Money
Taught By
Michael R Roberts
William H. Lawrence Professor of Finance, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania