Week One - Basic Principles of Financial Valuation Discounting

 Lecture: Week 1 Overview

 Lecture: Human Nature and the Time Value of Money
 Lecture: Compounding and Earning Returns Over Time
 Lecture: Discounting Future Cash Back to the Present
 Lecture: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) as the Basis for All Valuation
 Lecture: DCF Practical Example
 Lecture: Valuation by Comparables
 Lecture Demonstration: Examples and Applications: Bonds
 Lecture Demonstration: Examples and Applications: Mortgages
 Lecture Demonstration: Examples and Applications: Annuities
 Lecture: Examples and Applications: Capstone Example

Week One - Finance in the Field

 Conversations with a Practitioner

 Real World Application: Introduce Yourself!

Week One - Assignments

 Week One Practice Quiz

 Week One Quiz

Week Two - How to Spend Money (Capital Budgeting Tools)

 Lecture: Week 2 Overview
 Lecture: Overview of the Capital Budgeting Process
 Lecture: Net Present Value
 Lecture: Payback Period
 Lecture: Accounting Ratios
 Lecture: Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
 Lecture: Wrinkles with IRR
 Lecture: Using All the Metrics Together
 Lecture: Sensitivity Analysis
 Lecture Demonstration: Spreadsheet Modeling

Week Two - Finance in the Field

 Conversations with a Practitioner

 Real World Application: A Refresher on Net Present Value

Week Two - Assignments

 Week Two Practice Quiz

 Week Two Quiz

Week Three - Measuring Cash Creation and Flow

 Lecture: Week 3 Overview
 Lecture: Brief Overview of the Financial Statements
 Lecture: Hunting for Cash Creation
 Lecture: Working Capital Adjustments
 Lecture: Depreciation and Capital Expenditures
 Lecture: Salvage and Terminal Values
 Lecture: Taxes
 Lecture: Calculating Free Cash Flow
 Lecture Demonstration: Using Capital Budgeting Tools

Week Three - Finance in the Field

 Conversations with a Practitioner

 Real World Application: Obama Administration Releases Report Outlining Benefits of
Expensing Proposal in Encouraging Business Expansion, Hiring Now

Week Three - Assignments

 Week Three Practice Quiz
 Week Three Quiz

Week Four - How Much Does Money Cost? Evaluating the Cost
of Capital
 Lecture: Week 4 Overview
 Lecture: Debt vs. Equity Financing
 Lecture: Historical Risk and Return
 Lecture: The Equity Risk Premium
 Lecture: Beta and the Cost of Equity
 Lecture: Credit Ratings and Quality Spreads
 Lecture: Estimating the Cost of Debt
 Lecture Demonstration: Putting it All Together as the Weighted Average Cost of Capital
(WACC)

Week Four - Finance in the Field

 Conversations with a Practitioner

 Real World Application: U.S. oil companies closer to balancing capital investment with
operating cash flow
 Real World Application: Why aren't companies spending?

Week Four - Assignments

 Week Four Practice Quiz

 Week Four Quiz

Capstone Case: Putting it All Back Together from Main Street to

Wall Street
 Lecture: Overview of Capstone Case
 Reading: Background for Sunrise Bakery Expansion
 Reading: Instructions for Sunrise Bakery Expansion
 Quiz: Capstone Case Questions

Final Exam

 Quiz: 25 Cumulative Questions