Avaliação de Investimentos

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In this curricular unit, the following teaching methods are used:

1. Expository, using audiovisual means to explain the syllabus;

2. Active, through the resolution of practical cases and discussion of case studies and scientific articles;

3. Collaborative, through group work.

This course aims to provide students with a body of knowledge about the main elements to consider in the evaluation of real and financial investments. The basic concepts of investment analysis and traditional valuation methods (NPV, IRR, and Payback Period), investment selection in specific situations, the problem of inflation, risk and uncertainty analysis, and the influence of financing decisions on investment valuation are addressed. We will address, in an integrated, simple, and practical way, the organization and functioning of the financial market, the main financial products, and their valuation, with a special focus on the valuation of stocks, bonds, and derivative products. At the end of this course, the student should be able to evaluate investments taking into account the multiple factors that condition them, their particular characteristics, the size, and the uncertainty of the assumptions made

1. Real Investments

1.1. Fundamental concepts of investment analysis

1.2. Valuation and investment selection

1.3. Interaction of Investment and financing decisions

1.4. Interaction of investment and financing decisions

1.5. Analysis of risk and uncertainty

2. Financial Investments

2.1. Introduction to Financial Markets

2.2. Financial products

2.3. Valuation of bonds

2.4. Valuation of shares

2.5. Derivatives Markets

• - Test, with a weight of 50% in the final grade - 50.0%
• - individual or group work, with a weight of 50% in the final grade - 50.0%

• - Exam, with a weight of 100% in the final grade - 100.0%

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