Course Details

Carnegie Mellon: Tepper School of Business

Number:	45915
Title:	Valuation and Financial Information
Concentration:	Accounting
Prerequisites:	None
Description:	This course is designed to 1 develop basic skills in financial statement analysis 2 teach students to identify the relevant financial data used in a variety of decision contexts e.g. equity valuation forecasting firm-level economic variables distress prediction and credit analysis 3 help students appreciate the factors that influence the outcome of the financial reporting process e.g. the incentives of reporting parties regulatory rules and a firms competitive environment. The assigned cases emphasize the reality that the nature of an analysis of financial statements depends crucially on the business decision at hand. The course should be useful to students contemplating careers in investment banking credit lending public accounting security analysis consulting and corporate management.

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