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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Valuation of Financial Assets

AB603 · Financial Securities Markets — Week 5 of 16

CourseAB603
Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Valuation of Financial Assets

  1. Dividend discount models
  2. Discounted cash flow valuation
  3. Bond yield-to-maturity and duration
  4. Derivative pricing fundamentals
  5. The valuation of securities - The valuation of equity - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  6. The valuation of debt finance, and duration (part 1) - ACCA (AFM) lectures
  7. Session 30: Valuation - Cash Flows & Discount Rates

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Analyse the valuation of shares, debts and other financial assets.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the valuation of shares, debts and other financial assets.

Study materials

Videos

  • The valuation of securities - The valuation of equity - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 31 min · for registered students
  • The valuation of debt finance, and duration (part 1) - ACCA (AFM) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 27 min · for registered students
  • Session 30: Valuation - Cash Flows & Discount Rates · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 17 min · for registered students
  • Decoding Financial Statements: Elevating Equity Valuations Through Earnings Quality Analysis · YouTube · LSE · 43 min · for registered students
  • Session 8: Free Cash Flows to Firm and Equity · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 115 min · for registered students
  • Session 2A: Valuation Inputs - Discount Rates · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 110 min · for registered students
  • Session 7: Cost of Debt and from discount rates to cash flows · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 84 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 11: Stocks and Stock Valuation · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 327–360 · for registered students
  • MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I, lecture notes: Fixed-Income Securities · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
  • MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I, lecture notes: Equities · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Equity and Debt Securities
  • Week 2: Derivatives and Hybrid Instruments
  • Week 3: Strategic Uses of Securities
  • Week 4: Foundations of Investment Theory
  • Week 5: Valuation of Financial Assets
  • Week 6: Market Analysis and Market Efficiency
  • Week 7: Securities Trading Procedures and Execution
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: The Rationale for Financial Regulation
  • Week 10: Regulatory Architectures and Statutory Frameworks
  • Week 11: Trading Regulations and Market Integrity
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Securities Markets in practice: case stu…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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