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Markets, Risk & Valuation

Pricing assets and weighing riskPrice bonds and equities from their cash flows, measure risk properly, and connect the required return back to the market. Built for investors rather than project managers.

Modules
4
Chapters
10
Concepts
10
Study time
235 min

Who it is for

Investment and valuation students

By the end you can

You can price a bond, value a dividend-paying share, measure risk-adjusted return, and explain what a required return implies.

  1. 1

    Risk and return

    The language every asset price is expressed in.

    Intermediate75 min
    1. 1.1

      Expected return and volatility

      Probability-weighted outcomes and dispersion.

    2. 1.2

      Systematic risk and beta

      The risk that survives diversification.

    3. 1.3

      Portfolios and diversification

      Correlation, portfolio volatility, and how many holdings a book really needs.

  2. 2

    Fixed income

    Contractual cash flows and how their price moves with yield.

    Intermediate75 min
    1. 2.1

      Discounting review

      Frequency and compounding inside a bond.

    2. 2.2

      Bond pricing and yield

      Price, yield, premium, and discount.

    3. 2.3

      Duration and rate risk

      How much the price moves when yields change, and why convexity corrects it.

  3. 3

    Equity valuation

    From dividends to intrinsic value.

    Intermediate55 min
    1. 3.1

      The dividend discount model

      Value from the cash a shareholder receives.

    2. 3.2

      Discounted cash flow

      The same logic applied to a whole business.

    3. 3.3

      Choosing a valuation method

      Multiples, DCF, and reconciling two honest estimates.

  4. 4

    Risk oversight

    Turning a portfolio view into a solvency view.

    Intermediate30 min
    1. 4.1

      Solvency and liquidity

      The exposures that end companies.