Elements of Finance
Intensive Introduction (suitable for beginner to intermediate-level students)

More advanced financial skills are critical in today’s multinational global business environment and often mean the difference between failure and success.  Today’s corporate leaders need to have a strong understanding of the ways and means of finance as well as a solid grasp of key concepts and methods in order to implement sound financial policy and strategy.  The goal of this course is to provide students with the ability to apply basic and advanced financial concepts to real situations, such as whether to buy a competitor, invest in a project, fund a new division of the company, or invest in the stock market.  Students will emerge after this 10-week course comfortable with valuation techniques and cash-flow modeling using MS Excel, and will have the confidence to make winning financial decisions from East to West.  Students participate in seminar-style lectures as well as real-life analyses of the marketplace, including securities and publicly-traded stocks in the US and China.  The following subjects will be explored in detail:

• Finance and Valuation Terms
• Present Value
• Yields and Returns
• Arbitrage
• Risk Free Rates
• Capital Budgeting
• Equity Valuation
• Fixed Income Valuation
• Derivatives
• Modeling Techniques

Course Structure:

Introduction to Finance: Terms
Time Value of Money
Performance of Securities: Present Value, Future value, Annuities, Perpetuities
Portfolio Theory: Positions and Portfolio Returns
Capital Asset Pricing Model: Applications of the CAPM, Valuing Projects
Equity Valuation and Arbitrage: Law of One Price, Dividend Discount Models
Equity Valuation with Cash Flows: Measuring Cash Flows and Discount Rates
Fixed Income Securities: Bond Prices and Yields, Duration and Immunization
Options: Options Strategies and Minimum Value: Black-Scholes Option Pricing
Futures and Market Efficiency

Course Title: Finance
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200

Summer Session: May 29th to July 31st

Section E: Tuesday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from May 29th to July 31st (Course Code: FN103)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section F: Tuesday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from May 29th to July 31st (Course Code: FN104)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section G: Tuesday evenings (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
10 weeks from May 29th to July 31st (Course Code: FN105)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section H: Saturday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from June 2nd to August 4th (Course Code: FN106)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Annex during the payment dates (you can come in person or send someone).

Please note: Our classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 5 and 10 people), so please register early to reserve your place.  Your place in the class cannot be guaranteed until payment has been received.  Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.
 

For detailed information, please feel free to contact one of our program coordinators: EMAIL: info@beijing-classes.com Telephone: 8580 3111  
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