By the end of this This intensive and highly-structured 5-day program participants will be able to:

• Provide the participants with the right tools and gadgets for analyzing and valuing securities.
• Develop an understanding of the business and competitive strategy of the firm being analyzed.
• Comprehend the importance of proper financial statement analysis and the study of different ratios as well as cash flow measures of operating, financing, and investing performance of a company.
• Recognize the wide gamut of methodologies for evaluating derivative instruments as well as off- balance sheet products.
• Discuss the contemporary approaches and methods for analyzing a company’s industry, its competitive position, and sustainability within an industry and the company’s corporate strategy.
• Provide the participants with a clear understanding of the valuation tools for valuing structured notes; i.e. equity-linked notes and other derivative-embedded financial instruments.
• Comprehend the role of credit analysis in computing the price tag for a company, include an overview of the credit models used in the market.
• Identify the importance of the risk analysis, including market, credit and operational risk variables that could have a great bearing on valuation.
• Examine the different forecasting techniques being utilized in the market, including Regression Analysis and Time Series Analysis.
• Recognize the corporate financing policies that could have an impact on the company’s valuation; i.e. company’s capital and cost structures, dividend policy.