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FIN 201: Principles of Finance

Learn financial markets, stocks, bonds, derivatives, capital budgeting, and financial statement analysis. This self-paced Principles of Finance course provides transferable college credit for finance students.

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Course curriculum

1. Course Overview and Learning Outcomes
1. INTRODUCTION
2. Ch 1.1 - What Is Finance?
3. Quiz 1.1
4. Ch -1.2 The Role of Finance in an Organization
5. Quiz 1.2
6. Ch 1.3 Importance of Data and Technology
7. Quiz 1.3
8. Ch 1.4 Careers in Finance
9. Quiz 1.4
10. Ch 1.5 Markets and Participants
11. Quiz 1.5
12. Ch 1.6 Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Matters
13. Quiz 1.6
14. Ch 1.7 Financial Instruments
15. Quiz 1.7
16. Ch 1.8 Concepts of Time and Value
17. Quiz 1.8
18. KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY CHAPTER 1
19. Reference Videos
1. Introduction
2. Ch 2.1 Business Structures
3. Quiz 2.1
4. Ch 2.2 - Relationship between Shareholders and Company Management
5. Quiz 2.2
6. Ch 2.3 - Role of the Board of Directors
7. Quiz 2.3
8. Ch 2.4 Agency Issues: Shareholders and Corporate Boards
9. Quiz 2.4
10. Ch 2.5 Interacting with Investors, Intermediaries, and Other Market Participants
11. Quiz 2.5
12. Ch 2.6 Companies in Domestic and Global Markets
13. Quiz 2.6
14. KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY CHAPTER 2
15. Reference Video
1. Introduction
2. Ch 3.1 Microeconomics
3. Quiz 3.1
4. Ch 3.2 Macroeconomics
5. Quiz 3.2
6. Ch 3.3 Business Cycles and Economic Activity
7. Quiz 3.3
8. Ch 3.4 Interest Rates
9. Quiz 3.4
10. Ch 3.5 Foreign Exchange Rates
11. Quiz 3.5
12. Ch 3.6 Sources and Characteristics of Economic Data
13. Quiz 3.6
14. KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
1. Introduction
2. Ch 4.1 Cash versus Accrual Accounting
3. Ch 4.2 Economic Basis for Accrual Accounting
4. Quiz 4.2
5. Ch 4.3 How Does a Company Recognize a Sale and an Expense?
6. Quiz 4.3
7. Ch 4.4 When Should a Company Capitalize or Expense an Item?
8. Quiz 4.4
9. Ch 4.5 What Is “Profit” versus “Loss” for the Company?
10. Quiz 4.5
11. KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY CHAPTER 4
1. Introduction
2. Ch 5.1 The Income Statement
3. Quiz 5.1
4. Ch 5.2 The Balance Sheet
5. Quiz 5.2
6. Ch 5.3 The Relationship between the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement
7. Quiz 5.3
8. KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
1. VIDEO: Financial Analysis Working Capital Example
2. Introduction
3. Ch 6.1 Ratios: Condensing Information into Smaller Pieces
4. Quiz 6.1
5. Ch 6.2 Operating Efficiency Ratios
6. Quiz 6.2
7. Ch 6.3 Liquidity Ratios
8. Quiz 6.3
9. Ch 6.4 Solvency Ratios
10. Quiz 6.4
11. Ch 6.5 Market Value Ratios
12. Quiz 6.5
13. Ch 6.6 Profitability Ratios and the DuPont Method
14. Quiz 6.6
15. KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
16. Reference Videos
1. Learning Outcomes
2. Chapter 7.1: Pro Forma Financial Analysis: The Corporate Environment
3. Quiz 7.1
4. Ch 7.2: Pro-Forma (Projected) Cash Flow Analysis
5. Quiz 7.2
6. Ch 7.3 Incrementalism
7. Quiz 7.3
8. Ch 7.4 Corporate Forecasting and Strategic Planning
9. Quiz 7.4
10. Ch 7.5 Forecasting Solution
11. Quiz 7.5
12. Ch 7.6: The Tax Effect of Depreciation
13. Quiz 7.6
14. Key Concepts and Summary
15. Reference Videos
1. Learning Outcomes
2. Ch 8.1: Free Cash Flow
3. Quiz 8.1
4. Ch 8.2: Free Cash Flow Exercises
5. Quiz 8.2
6. Ch 8.3: External Funds Needed (EFN) Formula
7. Quiz 8.3
8. Ch 8.4: Internal and External Funds (Summary)
9. Quiz 8.4
10. Ch 8.5: The EFN Formula Explained
11. Quiz 8.5
12. Ch 8.6: EFN Application
13. Quiz 8.6
14. Ch 8.7: EFN Solution
15. Quiz 8.7
16. Key Concepts and Summary
1. VIDEO: TVM_ Future Value in Excel
2. VIDEO: Time Value of Money using Excel
3. Learning Outcomes
4. Ch 9.1 The Time Value of Money and Interest
5. Quiz 9.1
6. Ch 9.2: Interest-on-the-Interest: The Nature of Compound Interest
7. Quiz 9.2
8. Ch 9.3: Some More Simple TVM Problems
9. Quiz 9.3
10. Ch 9.4: Simple Future and Present Values (Formulas)
11. Quiz 9.4
12. Ch 9.5 Computing Frequency Assumption
13. Quiz 9.5
14. Ch 9.6: Simple Future and Present Values: Continuous Compounding (Supplemental)
15. Quiz 9.6
16. Ch 9.7: Characteristics of the Time Value of Money: FV and PV
17. Quiz 9.7
18. Ch 9.8: Future and Present Value Factors (Multipliers)
19. Quiz 9.8
20. Ch 9.9: A Word on Compounding Frequency and Annual Equivalent Rates
21. Quiz 9.9
22. Ch 9.10 Interpolation
23. Quiz 9.10
24. Ch 9.11 Interpolation Illustrated
25. Quiz 9.11
26. Ch 9.12 Parctice Questions
27. Quiz 9.12
28. Ch 9.13 The Volatility of the Time Value of Money
29. Quiz 9.13
30. Ch 9.14 The First and Second Derivatives Illustrated
31. Quiz 9.14
32. Key Concepts and Summary
33. Reference Videos
1. Learning Outcome
2. Ch 10.1: Security Return: The Holding Pattern Return (Raw Calculation)
3. Quiz 10.1
4. Ch 10.2: Valuation Premise
5. Quiz 10.2
6. Ch 10.3: Fixed Income Securities: Bond Components and Valuation Formula
7. Quiz 10.3
8. Ch 10.4: Fixed Income Securities: Dollar Price and Yield-to-Maturity
9. Quiz 10.4
10. Ch 10.5: Bond Dollar Prices: Discount, Par, and Premium
11. Quiz 10.5
12. Ch 10.6: Duration and Convexity
13. Ch 10.7: Bond Ratings and Credit Risk
14. Ch 10.8: The True Price of a Bond
15. Quiz 10.8
16. Excel Lab Activity: Calculating Bond Duration and Convexity
17. Excel Lab: Comparing Investment-Grade vs High-Yield Bonds
18. Key Concepts and Summary
19. Reference Videos
1. Learning Outcome
2. Ch 11.1: Multiple Approaches to Stock Valuation
3. Quiz 11.1
4. Ch 11.2: Dividend Discount Models (DDMs)
5. Quiz 11.2
6. Ch 11.3: Gordon Growth and Multi-Stage Models
7. Ch 11.4: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Model
8. Quiz 11.4
9. Ch 11.7: Preferred Stock
10. Quiz 11.7
11. Ch 11.8: Efficient Markets
12. Quiz 11.8
13. Key Concepts and Summary
14. Reference Videos
1. Learning Outcomes
2. Ch 12.1: Overview of US Financial Markets
3. Quiz 12.1
4. Ch 12.2: Historical Picture of Inflation
5. Quiz 12.2
6. Ch 12.3: Historical Picture of Returns to Bonds
7. Quiz 12.3
8. Ch 12.4: Historical Picture of Returns to Stocks
9. Quiz 12.4
10. Key Concepts and Summary
1. Learning Outcomes
2. Ch 13.1: Measures of Center
3. Quiz 13.1
4. Ch 13.2: Measures of Spread
5. Quiz 13.2
6. Ch 13.3: Measures of Position
7. Quiz 13.3
8. Ch 13.4: Statistical Distributions
9. Quiz 13.4
10. Ch 13.5: Probability Distributions
11. Ch 13.6: Data Visualization and Graphical Displays
12. Quiz 13.6
13. Ch 13.7: The R Statistical Analysis Tool
14. Quiz 13.7
15. Key Concepts and Summary
1. Learning Outcomes
2. Ch 14.1: Correlation Analysis
3. Quiz 14.1
4. Ch 14.2: Linear Regression Analysis
5. Quiz 14.2
6. Ch 14.3: Best-Fit Linear Model
7. Quiz 14.3
8. Ch 14.4: Regression Applications in Finance
9. Quiz 14.4
10. Ch 14.5: Predictions and Prediction Intervals
11. Quiz 14.5
12. Ch 14.6: Use of R Statistical Analysis Tool for
13. Quiz 14.6
14. Key Concepts and Summary
1. VIDEO: CAPM - Capital Asset Pricing Model
2. Learning Outcomes
3. Ch 15.1 Statistical Concepts in Finance
4. Quiz 15.1
5. Ch 15.2 Uncertainty in Capital Budgeting
6. Quiz 15.2
7. Ch 15.3: Portfolio Risk, Reward, and Diversification
8. Quiz 15.3
9. Ch 15.4: Risk of Stock Investments and Market Betas
10. Quiz 15.4
11. Ch 15.5: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
12. Quiz 15.5
13. Key Concepts and Summary
1. Assignment
2. Rubric for Assignment
1. Final Exam Instructions
2. FINAL EXAM

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FIN 201: Principles of Finance

Course curriculum

Finance 201: Principles of Finance

Chapter 1: Introduction to Finance

Ch 2 - Corporate Structure and Governance

Ch 3 - Economic Foundations: Money and Rates

Ch 4 - Accrual Accounting Process

Ch 5 -Financial Statements

Ch 6 - Measures of Financial Health

Chapter 7: Cash Flow, Depreciation, and Financial Projections

Chapter 8: Corporate Forecasting Models

Chapter 9: The Time Value of Money: Simple Present- and Future-Values

Chapter 10: Fixed Income Valuation

11: Stocks and Stock Valuation

12: Historical Performance of US Markets

13: Statistical Analysis in Finance

14: Regression Analysis in Finance

Ch 15: Risk, Return, and the CAPM

Assignment

Final Exam

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