Financial Strategy
About the course
Familiarize students with concepts and techniques for analyzing and making strategic investment and financing decisions in terms of risk \(\times\) return.
At the end of the semester, the student should be able to master the concepts of risk analysis and measurement applications of cost and capital structure, earnings policy and determination of the company’s value.
Below you find the persistent links to all lectures of the course. As they are continuously updated with fixes and new implementations, you might expect some changes from time to time in the contents of each file.
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| Title | Reading Time |
|---|---|
| Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk | 26 min |
| Capital Structure in Perfect Markets | 28 min |
| Debt and Taxes | 28 min |
| Equity Financing | 26 min |
| Estimating the Cost of Capital | 38 min |
| Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information | 41 min |
| Introduction and Course Overview | 4 min |
| Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency | 30 min |
| Long-Term Financing through Debt | 11 min |
| Optimal Portfolio and the CAPM | 36 min |
| Payout Policy | 26 min |