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Alternative Approaches to Valuation and Investment
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 16 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة The University of Melbourne
  • Offered by

عن

In this course, participants will develop an understanding of the intuitive foundations of asset and investment valuation, and how alternative valuation techniques may be used in practice. This is part of a Specialization in corporate finance created in partnership between the University of Melbourne and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon). View the MOOC promotional video here: http://tinyurl.com/h75pzt6

الوحدات

Welcome and Introduction

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Alternative Approaches to Valuation and Investment - Overview

2 Readings

  • Course Syllabus
  • Your Teaching Team

Week 1

    • 5 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Week 1 Practice Quiz - This quiz does not contribute to your final grade
  • Week 1 Graded Quiz - This quiz contributes 10% towards your final grade

5 Videos

  • 1.0 Welcome and Introduction
  • 1.1 Measuring stand-alone risk (Just the same old standard deviations)
  • 1.2 Alternative attitudes towards risk (I don’t hate risk, I’m just averse to it...)
  • 1.3 Portfolio Return and Risk (The more the merrier…)
  • 1.4 Defining the Diversification Benefit (It’s All About the Eggs and Baskets...)

2 Readings

  • Week 1 Outline
  • Start of Course Survey

Resource Center

    • 3 Readings
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3 Readings

  • Resources
  • Social Media
  • Study Tools and Tips

Week 2

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Week 2 Practice Quiz - This quiz does not contribute to your final grade
  • Week 2 Graded Quiz - This quiz contributes 10% towards your final grade

5 Videos

  • 2.0 Introduction
  • 2.1 Unsystematic versus Systematic Risk (Getting rid of unrewarded risk)
  • 2.2 Capital Asset Pricing Model (It’s all about the discount rate)
  • 2.3 Empirical Evidence of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (Testing the untestable...)
  • 2.4 Multi-factor Models and Evidence from the Field (Risk factors – the more the merrier!)

1 Readings

  • Week 2 Outline

Mid Course Reflections

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Mid Course Check-in
  • A View from Industry with BNY Mellon

Week 3

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Week 3 Practice Quiz - This quiz does not contribute to your final grade
  • Week 3 Graded Quiz - This quiz contributes 10% towards your final grade

5 Videos

  • 3.0 Using Financial Information to Estimate Cost of Capital (Introduction)
  • 3.1 Foundations of the WACC (Finance is so WACC!)
  • 3.2 WACC and Debt (WACC-Owe!)
  • 3.3 WACC and Equity (Share the WACC-iness)
  • 3.4 Issues with WACC (To WACC or not to WACC..?)

1 Readings

  • Week 3 Outline

Week 4

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Week 4 practice quiz - This quiz does not contribute to your final grade
  • Week 4 graded quiz - This quiz contributes 10% towards your final grade

5 Videos

  • 4.0 Introduction (One with all the options...)
  • 4.1 The Problem with NPV (It always works… except when it doesn’t…)
  • 4.2 Examples of Real Options in Practice (Is that an option in your project?)
  • 4.3 Approximation of Real Option Values Using Decision Trees (Options do grow on trees!)
  • 4.4 Empirical evidence and final points (Does anyone exercise their option to use real options?)

1 Readings

  • Week 4 Outline

Final Exam and Assessments

    • 3 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Course Final Exam - This quiz contributes 40% towards your final grade

1 Peer Review

  • Peer Assessment - This contributes 20% towards your final grade

3 Readings

  • Academic Integrity
  • Where to From Here? The Next Step.
  • End of Course Survey

Auto Summary

Discover the foundations of asset and investment valuation with "Alternative Approaches to Valuation and Investment," a foundational course in Business & Management. Developed by the University of Melbourne and BNY Mellon, this Coursera course explores intuitive and alternative valuation techniques. Perfect for beginners, it spans 960 minutes and offers a starter subscription, ideal for those looking to enhance their corporate finance knowledge.

Paul Kofman
Instructors

Paul Kofman

Sean Pinder
Instructors

Sean Pinder