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课程名称：金融导论：金融市场的作用 课程概述： 在《金融导论：金融市场的作用》课程中，您将学习金融管理者所需的基本概念和技能，以便做出明智的决策。课程将概述金融市场的结构和动态以及常用的金融工具，帮助您掌握做出资本投资决策的关键技能。通过本课程，您将能理解如何衡量回报与风险，并建立两者之间的关系。课程的重点是基本概念和技能，这些将直接影响金融领域的实际问题。您将理解金融市场的作用以及在金融市场中交易的主要证券的性质。此外，您还将获得关于如何在不确定性下利用金融市场创造价值的见解。 课程大纲： 1. 课程导览 - 本部分介绍金融管理者进行明智决策的基本概念和技能。您将了解金融市场的结构与动态、常用金融工具，并掌握资本投资决策的关键技能。 2. 模块1：债券估值 - 本模块介绍债券的基本术语，如票息、面值、票息率、到期日和到期收益率。您将学习如何评估定期付息债券和零息债券，并了解公司为何要评级债券以及影响债券评级的因素。 3. 模块2：股票估值 - 本模块学习股票估值的基础知识，包括股票市场结构和公司如何在市场中发行股票。您将探索普通股和优先股等不同类型的股票，并学习如何获取个股的实时信息和阅读股票报价。 4. 模块3：资本预算 - 本模块应用资本预算过程，您将了解评估资本预算分析中应该考虑哪些现金流的常见情境，处理税后残值和加速折旧表，并讨论通货膨胀对资本预算决策的影响。 5. 模块4：风险与回报 - 本模块回顾主要金融工具的历史回报与风险记录，揭示风险和回报之间的权衡关系。您将学习如何根据来自金融市场的真实数据计算回报与风险，并理解根据风险偏好设定合理的回报预期。 通过本课程，您将获得在金融市场中进行成功决策所需的知识和技能，为您的职业发展奠定坚实的基础。
Name:Course Orientation
Description:In this course, you will be introduced to the basic concepts and skills needed for financial managers to make informed decisions. With an overview of the structure and dynamics of financial markets and commonly used financial instruments, you will get crucial skills to make capital investment decisions. With these skills, you will be ready to understand how to measure returns and risks, and establish the relationship between these two. The focus of this course is on basic concepts and skill sets that will have a direct impact on real-world problems in finance. The course will enable you to understand the role of financial markets and the nature of major securities traded in financial markets. Moreover, you will gain insights into how to make use of financial markets to create value under uncertainty.
Name:Module 1: Bond Valuation
Description:In this module, you will be introduced to basic terms of bonds: coupons, face value, coupon rate, maturity, and yield to maturity. You will be presented with the ways to value level-coupon bonds and zero-coupon bonds. You will learn why companies would like to have their bonds rated, and what the factors are that determine the bond ratings. You will also identify the structure of bond market and the major players of the bond market.
Name:Module 2: Stock Valuation
Description:In this module, you will learn the basics of stock valuation. You will be presented with the fundamentals of stock market structure, and how companies issue stocks in the market. In addition to that, you will explore the different types of stocks, including common stocks and preferred stocks. You will also identify/find how to get real-time information of individual stocks, and how to read stock quotes.
Name:Module 3: Capital Budgeting
Description:This module is the application of the capital budgeting process. First, you will learn/encounter/see/be exposed to some common scenarios when we evaluate which cash flow should be accounted for in the capital budgeting analysis. Then, you will be introduced to the treatment of after-tax salvage value and accelerated depreciation schedule. This information will be combined to determine whether a project is worthwhile to explore or not. You will also discuss the impact of inflation on capital budgeting decisions. As a result, this module will help you establish a big picture of the company’s investment decisions.
Name:Module 4: Risk and Return
Description:In this module, you will review the historical record of return and risk for major categories of financial instrument, and reveal that there exists a trade-off between risk and return. You will also learn how to calculate return and risk based on the real data collected from financial markets. The trade-off between risk and return reveals that investors should set reasonable expectations of return based on their risk preferences.
In Introduction to Finance: The Role of Financial Markets, you will be introduced to the basic concepts and skills needed for financial managers to make informed decisions. With an overview of the structure and dynamics of financial markets and commonly used financial instruments, you will get crucial skills to make capital investment decisions. With these skills, you will be ready to understand how to measure returns and risks and establish the relationship between these two. The focus of this course is on basic concepts and skill sets that will have a direct impact on real-world problems in finance. The course will enable you to understand the role of financial markets and the nature of major securities traded in financial markets. Moreover, you will gain insights into how to make use of financial markets to create value under uncertainty.
