Understanding Corporate Finance

💼 Course Title: Understanding Corporate Finance with Sentinel

🚀 Course Headline: Master the Fundamentals of Finance as a Business Manager! 🚀

COURSE OVERVIEW: 📚

Dive into the world of corporate finance with our comprehensive online course designed for business managers and financial enthusiasts. This course will equip you with a deep understanding of key financial concepts and tools that are essential for effective financial decision-making. From the time value of money to advanced valuation techniques, you'll cover it all!

• Time Value of Money: Learn how to evaluate the present and future monetary amounts to make informed financial decisions.
• Financial Modeling: Get hands-on experience with present value, future value, annuities, and discounted cash flows.
• Market Theory & Investment Models: Explore the efficient market hypothesis, capital asset pricing model (CAPM), and portfolio theory to understand how financial markets operate.
• Instruments of Finance: Delve into stocks, options, futures, and derivatives, and understand their roles in corporate finance.
• Capital Structure & Financing: Analyze the impact of debt and equity financing on a company's valuation and optimize its capital structure.
• Cost of Capital: Learn how to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and apply it in capital budgeting.
• Financial Ratios & Analysis: Master the art of financial forecasting, co-integration, random walk, seasonality, smoothing, and errors analysis.
• Valuation Techniques: Gain expertise in both numerical and Black-Scholes option valuation methods.
• Research Methods in Finance: Get introduced to research methodologies that will help you stay ahead in financial analysis and forecasting.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: 🎓

Upon completing this course, you will be equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to:

• Time Value of Money: Understand and apply the principles that underpin financial decision-making.
• Investment Models: Use the efficient market hypothesis, CAPM, and portfolio theory to optimize your investment strategies.
• Valuation Techniques: Apply time value of money concepts in valuing shares, bonds, and investment proposals with confidence.
• Financial Analysis & Management: Perform fundamental company analysis, financial forecasting, and options valuation using both numerical and Black-Scholes models.
• Capital Structure Optimization: Analyze and evaluate a firm's capital structure, debt levels, and optimal capital allocation.
• Financial Ratio Interpretation: Critically analyze financial ratios and apply portfolio theory to manage business finances effectively.
• Project Evaluation Tools: Calculate and interpret Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Pay Back Period, and Profitability Index to evaluate projects with precision.

Join us on this journey to unlock the secrets of corporate finance and transform your financial acumen! 💰📈