Building upon your Corporate Finance Essentials foundation, this course delves into crucial aspects of corporate finance, including market efficiency, bond valuation, stock analysis, capital structure, and dividend policy. You will learn to assess market efficiency, analyze bond yields and default risk, value stocks using relative valuation techniques, and understand capital sourcing strategies.



Corporate Finance Essentials II
This course is part of Think like a CFO Specialization

Instructor: Javier Estrada
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There are 6 modules in this course
Welcome back to Corporate Finance! In this opening session, we’ll revisit the key concepts from Corporate Finance Essentials and preview the advanced topics ahead. Think of this as your strategic launchpad for deepening your finance fluency.
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Let’s explore one of modern finance’s foundational ideas: market efficiency. In this module, you’ll learn what it really means, why it matters, and how it shapes everything from pricing to investor behavior.
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Welcome to the world of fixed income. This module introduces you to the essentials of bond investing, key terms, types of bonds, and how to assess returns and risk. You'll develop the tools to understand debt markets with clarity.
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Time to think like a valuation analyst. This module dives into stock valuation through relative valuation methods, especially the use of multiples. You’ll learn what makes a stock “expensive” or “cheap,” and why context is everything.
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How should firms fund their projects? This module tackles the mix of debt and equity that companies use to grow, combining quantitative frameworks with strategic considerations to determine the optimal capital structure.
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Why do some companies pay dividends while others don’t? In our final module, you’ll explore the rationale behind dividend decisions and the financial signals they send. It’s a topic where strategy, expectations, and capital management meet.
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Reviewed on Nov 24, 2024
Great Prof. Estrada. Always very clear and professional.
Reviewed on Dec 30, 2024
Professor Javier Estrada's teaching techniques from real world scenarios and articles are very interesting to follow and learn.
Reviewed on Apr 19, 2021
Excellent course and specialization. All three instructors were very good and I learned so much! Thank you very much!
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