Course Description

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the way companies and individual investors make financial decisions. The material builds on concepts of the time value of money, risk/return analysis and corporate finance, learned in earlier finance courses, and make extensive use of the accounting concepts, especially the organization of the balance sheet and income statement. However, F650 is much more detailed and practical. Course coverage centers on advanced corporate financial management, including project analysis and leases, firm/equity valuation, and investments, including fixed income and derivatives.