Corporate Finance

  1. Key Principles of Corporate Finance
    1. Time Value of Money
      1. Present Value (PV) Concepts
        1. Calculation of Present Value
          1. Applications in Valuation
          2. Future Value (FV) Concepts
            1. Calculation of Future Value
              1. Evaluating Investment Growth
              2. Discount Rate Application
                1. Determining Appropriate Discount Rates
                  1. Impact on Investment Decisions
                  2. Annuities and Perpetuities
                    1. Understanding Annuity Types
                      1. Calculating PV and FV of Annuities
                        1. Perpetuity Valuation Techniques
                        2. Compounding Frequency
                          1. Impact of Compounding on Returns
                            1. Continuous Compounding Basics
                          2. Risk and Return
                            1. Basic Concepts of Risk
                              1. Types of Investment Risks
                                1. Measuring Risk: Standard Deviation and Variance
                                2. Historical Return Data
                                  1. Analyzing Past Performance
                                    1. Using Historical Data for Predictions
                                    2. Risk-Return Trade-off
                                      1. Understanding Expected Returns
                                        1. Efficient Frontier Basics
                                        2. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
                                          1. Components of CAPM
                                            1. Beta and Its Implications
                                              1. Security Market Line (SML) Analysis
                                            2. Cost of Capital
                                              1. Components
                                                1. Cost of Debt
                                                  1. Calculating Before-Tax and After-Tax Cost
                                                    1. Impact of Interest Rates
                                                    2. Cost of Equity
                                                      1. Calculating Using Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
                                                        1. Calculating Using CAPM
                                                        2. Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
                                                          1. Calculating WACC
                                                            1. WACC in Investment Decision Making
                                                          2. Factors Influencing Cost of Capital
                                                            1. Market Conditions
                                                              1. Firm's Operational Conditions
                                                                1. Financial Policies
                                                              2. Diversification
                                                                1. Portfolio Theory
                                                                  1. Principles of Diversification
                                                                    1. Reducing Risk in Portfolio Management
                                                                    2. Correlation and its Impact on Portfolios
                                                                      1. Understanding Positive and Negative Correlation
                                                                        1. Role in Risk Reduction
                                                                        2. Diversification Strategies
                                                                          1. Asset Allocation
                                                                            1. Sector and Geographic Diversification
                                                                            2. Systematic vs. Unsystematic Risk
                                                                              1. Understanding and Differentiating Risks
                                                                                1. Impact on Portfolio Construction
                                                                            1. Corporate Finance Overview
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                                                                            3. Financial Planning