Risk & Return (edX)

In the process, you will learn to estimate the risk of financial assets and how use this measure of risk to calculate expected returns. You will also learn how the capital structure of a firm affects the riskiness of its equity and debt. Throughout the course, you will learn how to construct Excel models to value firms using hands on activities.

This course is part of the Corporate Finance Professional Certificate

What you'll learn

- How to measure risk

- Estimate the expected return of an asset based on its risk

- Adjust the risk of the equity and debt of a firm when the firm changes its capital structure

- Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (essential input to value of firm)

Syllabus

Week 1: Risk, return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

Week 2: The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) and the effect of capital structure on WACC

Week 3: Case study: Estimating the WACC

Week 4: Valuation capstone case