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Basic Corporate Finance (X430.1) |
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UC Berkeley Extension Online |
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The successful operation of any organization requires a basic understanding of the principles of finance. This survey course, intended for people from diverse business backgrounds, introduces you to modern financial theories and to the strategies and tools of corporate financial decision making. It shows you how corporate finance works, the issues involved, and how to perform the basic calculations required for financial analysis. A fundamental knowledge of statistics is helpful.
With a central focus on valuation, or how to determine a company's worth, the topics covered include present value concepts and the capital asset pricing model, sources and forms of financing, financial structure, leverage, cost of capital, and rates of return. |
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Derivative Securities (80190) |
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Cardean University |
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This course involves study and analysis of various forms of derivative securities. Explanation of various risk-transfer devices such as options and futures contracts, valuation of and strategies involved in trading these securities, hedging and speculating with options and futures. |
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Finance for the Non-Financial Manager (Online) (X 430.13) |
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Finance |
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University of California, Los Angeles Extension |
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As it is the "language of business," finance must be understood to effectively manage all types of organizations. This online course examines the objectives, tools of analysis, applications, and how organizational plans and activities are reflected in financial terms. Topics include financial planning, ratio analysis, cash flow and break-even analysis, cash management, performance budgets, capital budgeting, capital acquisition, securities markets, and capital structure. Upon completing this course, students should better understand how to record, analyze, and forecast organizational funds/activities. |
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Financial Analysis (X432.2) |
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UC Berkeley Extension Online |
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This course is a continuation of Basic Corporate Finance and as such continues the survey of topics not covered in the basic course. Subjects covered include capital budgeting, the evaluation of long-term financing options, working capital management, trade financing, and derivatives. Cases and problems are used to illustrate financial decision making in the key areas of financing. |
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Intermediate Corporate Finance (X444.1) |
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This course, a continuation of Basic Corporate Finance intended to round out the student's comprehensive overview of corporate finance topics, examines the concepts, techniques, and tools used by financial managers in their attempts to make effective investing, financing, and working capital management decisions.
Specific attention is devoted to advanced capital budgeting topics (estimating future operating cash flows and analyzing real options), financing decisions (capital structure theory and practice, long-term financing, hybrid securities and capital leases, initial public offerings, and corporate restructuring), working capital management, and multinational finance.
This course is primarily intended for students in the UC Berkeley Extension Certificate Program in Finance, but is also ideal for stduents who want to expand their knowledge of the theory, methods, and tools of financial management beyond the level of Basic Corporate Finance.
Prerequisite: Basic Corporate Finance X430.1. It is also recommeded that students be proficients with computer spreadsheets and basic financial mathematics and financial calculators. |
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International Finance (X430.8) |
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Finance |
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This course provides a working, practical understanding of the major aspects of international finance from both corporate and international banking viewpoints. Topics include financial constraints on international business and differences between domestic and international financial environments. Participants examine the international monetary system, the differences between foreign trade and foreign investments, international sales terms, measurement and management of foreign-exchange exposure, international financial markets and banking, import/export financing, current-asset management, and international taxation. Press coverage of major international financial events is discussed. |
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International Finance (X430.8) |
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This course provides a working, practical understanding of the major aspects of international finance from both corporate and international banking viewpoints. Topics include financial constraints on international business and differences between domestic and international financial environments. Participants examine the international monetary system, the differences between foreign trade and foreign investments, international sales terms, measurement and management of foreign-exchange exposure, international financial markets and banking, import/export financing, current-asset management, and international taxation. Press coverage of major international financial events is discussed. |
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International Finance (80180) |
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Cardean University |
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Managers in multinational corporations (MNCs) are competing in global environment where they need to manage their exposure to various kinds of risks. In particular, exposure is significant in developing countries where macro-economic variables are volatile. This course covers the financial decision-making process in a multinational environment, effects of devaluation of foreign exchange, translation and transaction exposure and hedging techniques using currency derivatives. |
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Investment Portfolio Management (X431.2) |
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This course offers a comprehensive review of the principles of investment portfolio management. It reviews traditional approaches as well as more quantitative techniques. Financial theory has become increasingly mathematical and inherently assumes rational behavior. In the course, you take what you can learn from basic quantitative theory and combine it with observation of human behavior in order to gain insight into management of a portfolio of financial assets. The course addresses the needs and risk tolerance of different types of investors as well as individuals. |
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Survey of Personal Financial Planning (X433) |
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This course provides an introduction to the fundamental areas included in preparing a comprehensive financial plan for an individual client. Both people with experience in financial industries and those who wish to become practitioners in personal financial planning can benefit from this course.
You receive an extensive introduction to the technical skills required in such areas as income tax, investments, insurance, employment benefits, estate planning, and mathematical analysis and their interrelationship in providing comprehensive service. The course covers the fundamental concepts of the time value of money as well as algebraic analysis and its application in personal financial planning. Other topics include the nature of the marketplace for personal financial planning services, career opportunities, the emerging regulatory environment, and the client/practitioner relationship. |
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