Business Essentials - Finance

Catalog description

Covers the core concepts and basic tools in finance including time value of money, compounding, discounting, different types of cash flow, different types of financial assets (e.g., bonds, stocks and loans) and how to analyze their value, their risk and the return of investment on these assets from both stand-alone and portfolio perspectives. Shows how to analyze business decisions from a financial point of view. Explains different methods of distribution that companies use to give back to their investors (e.g., stock dividends, cash dividends and stock repurchases).