a) Corporate Investment and Financing Decisions

b) Concept of Opportunity Cost of Capital

c) Agency Problem and Corporate Governance

a) Future Values and Present Values

b) Perpetuities and Annuities

a) Using Present Value concept to Value Bonds

b) Term Structure of Interest Rates

c) Real & Nominal Interest Rates and Corporate Bonds and Risk of Default

a) Concepts of Stocks Trading

b) Estimating Cost of Equity Capital & Link between Stock Prices and EPS

c) Valuing a Business by Discounted Cash Flow Analysis

a) Payback and IRR Analysis

b) Applying the NPV Rule and concept of Equivalent Cash Flows

a) Measuring and Calculating Portfolio Risk

b) Affect of adding Individual Securities in the portfolio and Diversification Concept

a) Portfolio Theory and Risk-Return Relationship

b) Project Risk Analysis and Certainty Equivalents Concept

a) Venture Capital

b) Initial Public Offering and Securities Sales by Public Companies

a) After Tax Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) concept

b) Adjusted Present Value Concept

a) Effect of Financial Leverage

b) Financial Risk and Expected Returns

c) Costs of Finacial Distress

d) Pecking Order of Financing Choices

a) Yields on Corporate Debt

b) Bond ratings and Default Probability

c) Stock Dividends Payout Policy