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课程概述

This short course surveys all the major topics covered in a full semester MBA level finance course, but with a more intuitive approach on a very high conceptual level. The goal here is give you a roadmap and framework for how financial professional make decisions. We will cover the basics of financial valuation, the time value of money, compounding returns, and discounting the future. You will understand discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation and how it compares to other methods. We also step inside the mind of a corporate financial manager and develop the basic tools of capital budgeting. We will survey the how, when, and where to spend money, make tradeoffs about investment, growth, dividends, and how to ensure sound fiscal discipline. Our journey then turns to a Wall Street or capital markets perspective of investments as we discuss the fundamental tradeoff between risk and return. We then synthesize our discussion of risk with our valuation framework and incorporate it into series of direct applications to practice. This course requires no prior familiarity with finance. Rather, it is intended to be a first step for anyone who is curious about understanding stock markets, valuation, or corporate finance. We will walk through all of the tools and quantitative analysis together and develop a guide for understanding the seemingly complex decisions that finance professionals make. By the end of the course, you will develop an understanding of the major conceptual levers that push and pull on financial decision making and how they relate to other areas of business. The course should also serve as a roadmap for where to further your finance education and it would be an excellent introduction of any students contemplating an MBA or Finance concentration, but who has little background in the area....

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CI

May 22, 2023

I come from untraditional background but I find this course is very helpful! The course is very well-structured, allowing me to simply and easily understand finance foundation.

KH

Mar 27, 2020

Great Course, Very solid start for those who are trying to enter Finance world. It makes you love this field if you are not familiar with it and have no previous experience. Great Job Professor.

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251 - Finance for Non-Finance Professionals 的 275 个评论（共 609 个）

创建者 Rohit S

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Mar 4, 2021

It was a very practical and knowledgeful session and specially the mentors

创建者 Tum K

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Aug 10, 2022

My first finished online course, well design structure and test. love it

创建者 Siddharth G

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Mar 29, 2022

Great course to learn the basics. Professor James Weston is really good!

创建者 OSMAN C A

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Aug 27, 2019

I got new information. It will be useful for my own financial decisions.

创建者 Olivia W

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Jun 21, 2018

Super useful as an intro class for people who have some econ background.

创建者 Andrea A

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Feb 12, 2017

Excellent course, learnt a lot and the Professor was funny and engaging.

创建者 Aswin S

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Jun 12, 2021

I found this as one of the best courses completed in Coursera till now.

创建者 Hasan R C

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Jun 27, 2019

Wonderful course from a wonderful professor.

Thank you for your efforts.

创建者 Tejasvi A

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Jul 14, 2020

Best course for non-finance professionals. Shout out to the professor.

创建者 Mikhail U

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Jun 2, 2020

Great experience, good lecturer, extremely clear explanations, thanks!

创建者 Jagannathan I

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Sep 19, 2017

An awesome course to get introduced to the exciting world of finance!!

创建者 Valentina R

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Jun 13, 2017

Very nice corse, useful for professionals with no economic background.

创建者 Jingwen W

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Oct 15, 2016

Great course for somebody who wants to learn the basics about Finance.

创建者 NAQEEB S

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Nov 18, 2022

A very good course to get brief yet essential insights about finance.

创建者 Benjamin P S

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Dec 31, 2020

Great course to learn the basics of finance in business environments.

创建者 Eldar K

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Sep 8, 2020

Thanks for this interesting course! I will use new skills in my life!

创建者 Giridhar T

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Aug 16, 2020

Professor James is amazing. Thank you so much for making this course.

创建者 Cicy

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Oct 21, 2019

Interest course! Gives me an insight on the business world operation.

创建者 Ramdayal Y

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Nov 9, 2022

It is an excelled course for all the non finance background people.

创建者 TRAN H B T

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Oct 25, 2021

The Lecturer is so professional. Materials are simple yet powerful.

创建者 Olabowale G

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Mar 13, 2017

FIve Stars

Excellent course information

Course Instructor - Excellent

创建者 Alvin T

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Sep 29, 2020

This course really helps me refresh the knowledge about Finance :)

创建者 Izzat K

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Jan 23, 2023

Highly recommend it to those curious to see what Finance is like!

创建者 121913601043 g

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May 3, 2021

the course was really helpful and included all the major concepts

创建者 Venkata K

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Jun 18, 2020

Amazing!!! Thank you so much for this fun but challenging course.