Math for Finance Professionals

Overview:

Financial math is a critical tool for people working in the finance industry. Professionals within the industry need the skills to analyze financial data, manage financial risks, assess investment opportunities, and monitor transactions.

This course will provide you with the foundational math skills required to build a career in finance. You will compare simple and compound interest and learn how these different types of interest are used to compound and discount cash flows. You will also be introduced to the concepts of nominal and effective interest rates. You will then be ready to apply these skills to a variety of real-world finance applications.

The course ends by introducing the most important statistical concepts used in areas such as performance measure and risk management. The practical nature of this course is emphasized through the use of Excel and Reuters screenshots.

Learning Objectives: 

Upon completing this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the difference between simple and compound interest
• Calculate and compare effective and nominal interest rates
• Build a range of discounted cash flow models that represent real-world applications
• Calculate the price and yield of annual bonds
• Create a simple DCF equity valuation model
• Analyze a range of financial market scenarios using key financial statistics

Who Will Benefit: 

This course is specifically designed for finance professionals seeking careers in investment banking, capital markets, risk management, investment and wealth management, finance, and accounting.