Corporate Finance and Equity Valuation, 7.5 credits

The course combines theory and practice to show a truthful, informative picture of the equity asset world. The course supplements students in the third step in the three-level CFA certification program by integrating both accounting and finance concepts. The course covers a wide range of topics, including how an analyst approaches the equity valuation process, the basic DDM, the derivation of the required rate of return within the context of Markowitz and Sharpe's modern portfolio theory.