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Gautam Kaul

In this specialization, you’ll focus on the mechanics and intuition of the main building block of finance — the time value of money. You’ll learn the structure and basics through assignments and tests that are introductory in nature but with real-world applications.

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In this specialization, you’ll focus on the mechanics and intuition of the main building block of finance — the time value of money. You’ll learn the structure and basics through assignments and tests that are introductory in nature but with real-world applications.

We developed this specialization with the express purpose of enabling you to understand and apply these foundational principles of finance to your everyday life. Understanding how to use finance for personal decisions will also help you understand and excel at making professional decisions. After the successful completion of this series, you will be equipped to make thoughtful decisions based on a framework that uses multiple advances in modern financial theory over the past several decades. The most important features of this specialization are: (a) it is an integrated set of courses with a focus on understanding both the theory and applicability of finance; and (b) it is applied in execution — everything is covered using examples.

The four courses in this specialization all build on each other, use real-world examples, and include richly designed assessments/quizzes to test your knowledge and enhance your learning experience. Assessments will progressively build in complexity as you better understand the applicability of finance to complex issues.

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Four courses

Introduction to Time Value of Money (TVM)

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The strength of finance is that it takes a structured approach to decision making, with one key building block underlying all decisions — understanding the value of time, or the Time Value of Money (TVM). In this course, we will develop this building block using introductory, and simple, applications.

Advanced Concepts in Time Value of Money (TVM)

This course builds upon the fundamental concept of Time Value of Money (TVM) using more advanced applications and questions. You will apply the TVM concept in real-life problems of financial planning and saving for college. You will also learn more about loans and apply TVM concepts to borrowing and lending.

Stocks and Bonds

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In this course, we will explore the structure and pricing of stocks and bonds. You will learn about bond pricing calculations and their connection to market data. You will also learn about stocks, their pricing, and valuation. After completing this course, you will understand how savers transfer money to governments and corporations and apply this knowledge to personal investing decisions.

Advanced Understanding of Stocks and Bonds

This final course covers advanced aspects of bonds and stocks to help you make smart decisions. You will review valuation and learn about growth and different types of risk. You will apply these concepts in practice assignments.

Learning objective

Understand the sources of value of companiesevaluate the cash flows of a projectevaluate the risk of a projectvalue a project and a strategy

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