Hands On Training

Foundations of Modern Finance I

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Course Features

Duration

12 weeks

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Advanced

Effort

14 hours per week

Teaching Type

Instructor Paced

Course Description

This is a two-part course, and part of the MicroMasters® Program in Finance. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of modern finance and their applications to business challenges in valuation, investments, and corporate financial decisions under a unified framework.

Completing this first course and program will help you prepare for a career as a financial analyst, financial advisor, vice president for finance, chief financial officer, and more.

Finance provides a core function in any productive economy by providing a mechanism for savings, investment, and liquidity. Whether the learner is in a industrialized country or a developing country, financial services are essential for smooth functioning of the economy.

Course Overview

Live Class

Human Interaction

Personlized Teaching

International Faculty

Post Course Interactions

Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

Basic Probability and Statistics

Calculus

What You Will Learn

Corporate financial decisions

Interaction between investment and financing decisions

Introduction to corporate finance and capital budgeting

Portfolio theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

Real options, capital structure, payout policy, corporate bonds

Real options, capital structure, payout policy, corporate bonds and

Risk analysis, the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), and the Efficient Market Hypothesis

Valuation of derivative securities

Valuation of fixed income securities and common stocks

Course Content

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Module 1: Introduction to Finance

Module 2: Market Prices and Present Value

Module 3: Fixed Income Securities

Module 4: Common Stocks

Course Instructors

Egor Matveyev

Executive Director of MicroMasters Program in Finance at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Egor Matveyev is an Executive Director of the MicroMasters Program in Finance and a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.His research interests are in the fields of corpor...

Jiang Wang

Mizuho Financial Group Professor and a Professor of Finance, Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jiang Wang is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Wang’s research focuses on the pricing of financial assets and investment and risk ...

Leonid Kogan

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Professor of Management and a Professor of Finance at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Leonid Kogan is the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Professor of Management and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic...