The virtual course "Investments I: Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation - Virtual Course - Coursera", is a course with different contents and that offers video classes of Approx. 26 hours to complete. Explore its essential features, and click the orange button to get detailed information on the Coursera e-Learning platform
In this course, we will discuss the fundamental principles of risk and return compensation, portfolio optimization, and security pricing.
We will study and use risk-return models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and multifactor models to assess the performance of various securities and portfolios.
Specifically, we'll learn how to interpret and estimate regressions that provide us with a benchmark to use with a security given its risk (measured by its beta), as well as a risk-adjusted measure of the security's return (measured by its alpha).
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Building on this framework, market efficiency and its implications for patterns in equity returns and the asset management industry will be discussed.
Finally, the course will conclude by connecting investment finance with corporate finance by examining business valuation techniques such as the use of market multiples and discounted cash flow analysis.
The course emphasizes real world examples and applications in Excel throughout.
This course is the first of two courses on Investing that I am offering online (“Investing II: Lessons and Applications for Investors” is the second course).
The general objectives of this course are to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of investment financing and provide the ability to implement key asset pricing models and company valuation techniques in real-world situations.
Specifically, upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: as well as the sensitivity of each approach to the assumptions made • Perform specific examples of a market multiples valuation and a discounted cash flow valuation This course was previously titled “Evaluation and Strategy Finance: Investing” and was part of a previous specialization titled “Improving Business and Finances Operations,” which is now closed to new student enrollment.
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