Investments I - Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation, Certificate | Part time online | Coursera | United States
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This Investments I - Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Illinois is part of the Financial Management Specialization.

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Overview

The over-arching goals of this  Investments I - Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation  offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Illinois are to build an understanding of the fundamentals of investment finance and provide an ability to implement key asset-pricing models and firm-valuation techniques in real-world situations. 

Specifically, upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the tradeoffs between risk and return
  • Form a portfolio of securities and calculate the expected return and standard deviation of that portfolio
  • Understand the real-world implications of the Separation Theorem of investments
  • Use the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and 3-Factor Model to evaluate the performance of an asset (like stocks) through regression analysis
  • Estimate and interpret the ALPHA (α) and BETA (β) of a security, two statistics commonly reported on financial websites
  • Describe what is meant by market efficiency and what it implies for patterns in stock returns and for the asset-management industry
  • Understand market multiples and income approaches to valuing a firm and its stock, as well as the sensitivity of each approach to assumptions made
  • Conduct specific examples of a market multiples valuation and a discounted cash flow valuation

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • Investments Toolkit and Portfolio Formation
  • Motivating, Explaining, & Implementing the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • Testing the CAPM, Multifactor Models, & Market Efficiency
  • Investment Finance and Corporate Finance: Firm Valuation

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 days

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • Intermediate level
  • Some related experience required

Tuition Fee

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Funding

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