Business Finance:

Stand-alone risk
Risk basics
Probability analysis and rate of return
Risk calculation

Portfolio risk
Diversification principle
The Capital Asset Pricing Model
Ratio analysis

Future and present value of money
Time value of money
Compounding and discounting

Even and uneven cash flows
Annuities
Calculating financial values

Bonds and stocks
Bond fundamentals
Stock fundamentals

After completing this course, students will know how to:

Classify risks; perform probability analysis and derive the expected rate of return; and calculate standard deviation on a potential investment, and interpret the coefficient of variation.
Use the diversification principle to invest in portfolios; use the Capital Asset Pricing Model; and calculate different types of financial ratios.
Calculate the time value of money; and use compounding and discounting methods to calculate the future and present value of money.
Identify the types of annuities and calculate their present and future values; identify the types of interest rates; analyze uneven cash flows; and prepare a scheduling table for amortized loans.
Identify different bond types and describe their characteristics; identify different types of stocks; describe the characteristics of the stock market; evaluate bonds and stocks; and identify the terms involved in their valuation.

Prerequisites

None