Fundamentals in Finance II

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This course explores corporate finance; how capital can be raised and allocated within corporations to the advantage of corporate shareholders. Topics covered include: procedures for analyzing companies' financial data to determine how efficiently they have been run; methods for projecting funding needs based on principles of good working capital management; rules for choosing the maximal, safe, or optimal level of debt in the structure of capital used for funding company operations; and figuring the costs of the various types of funds that a company uses and its weighted average cost of capital. Prerequisite: FNCE 350 or FN 311.