This six session corporate finance class was taped in January 2016. You can get the supporting lecture notes by clicking on the pdf files below - the pages covered by each lecture are provided next to each lecture. The quality of the video and audio leaves much to be desired but it will get better over time. For the syllabus and other details, visit the home page for the class. This page will include the webcasts from the current class and clicking on the link below will allow you to print off the lecture notes that are used for this class.
Session (Click here) | Topics covered | Lecture notes |
Session 1a
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Corporate Finance: First Principles The Objective in Corporate Finance The Classical Objective Function |
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Session 1b
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What can go wrong? |
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Session 2a
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Defining Risk Risk and return models in finance The CAPM |
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Session 2b
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Equity Risk Premium for US |
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Session 3a
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ERP for a company |
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Session 3b
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Determinants of betas Bottom up Betas |
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Session 4a
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Estimating betas for private businesses Cost of debt and capital First steps in investment analysis |
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Session 4b (Last five minutes lost) |
From earnings to cash flows From cash flows to incremental cash flows Time weighting cash flows Dealing with uncertainty in investment analysis Currency invariance |
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Session 5a |
Side costs/benefits in investment analysis Debt versus Equity: The difference & trade off Cost of capital approach |
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Session 5b |
Optimizing the debt mix |
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Session 6a |
Facts about dividends Assessing actual versus potential dividends |
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Session 6b (First few minutes missing) |
Valuation Basics Connective value to corporate finance decisions |