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PRE-LAUNCH OF DROU ACADEMY

 

CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS
3-day Paid Seminar

 

CAPITAL MARKETS, OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT

 

MODERN PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS

 

COMPANY SPECIFIC FINANCIAL AND VALUATION ANALYSIS

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May 20

June 1- 3
(Paid)

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June 4

June 10

June 17

June 24

July 1

July 8

July 15 

July 22

July 29

August 5

August 12

August 19

August 26

September 2

September 9

Seminar Description

Angel Investing & Venture Capital Playbook

June 1
 
Credit Basics

June 2
 
Credit Risk Analysis - Company Specific (Financial Statement Analysis, Projections, Debt Capacity)
 

June 3
 
Credit Risk Analysis - Transaction Case Studies (LBO, M&A, Distress)

The Equity Markets (Primary)

The Stock Market
(Secondary, Trade and Exchange)

The Debt Markets

The Bond Markets

The Credit Markets

Alternative Investments

The Options Markets

Time Value of Money

Risk, Return Analysis, Covariance, Correlation and Efficient Frontiers

Alpha and Beta Coefficients, CAPM, R-Square and Regrassion Analysis

Sharpe Ratios, Standard Deviation, Jensen's Alpha, M Square and Treynor Measure

Financial Statement Analysis

Valuation Analysis
(Publicly Traded Company) 

Valuation Analysis
(Privately Held Company) 

Transaction Analysis (M&, LBO)

Seminar Presentations

Angel Investing & Venture Capital Palybook

     

Lecture 8 Equity Primary Market (IPO)

Lecture 6 Secondary Equity Market

Lecture 10 - Issuing Corporate Bonds

Lecture 9 Bond Secondary Market

Lecture 11 Credit Markets

Lecture 14 - Alternative Investments

Lecture 11c Credit Risk Analysis

Lecture 7 Trading Options: Concepts & Strategy

Lecture 1: Time Value of Money

Lecture 2a: Risk & Return

Lecture 2b: Covariance & Correlation

Lecture 3 -Beta Coefficient, CAPM

Lecture 4 Sharpe Ratio, Alpha, CAPM

Lecture 12 Financial Analysis

Lecture 13a Valuations

Lecture 13b Valuations (DCF)

CASE STUDY #1: Alexandria Hotel LBO

CASE STUDY #2 - Hypothetical LBO of Crocks Inc.

Lecture 14 Transaction Analysis

Lecture 14a - Mergers & Acquisitions

Seminar Spreadsheets

         

Sexondary Markets: Investing in Stocks

 

Secondary Markets: Investing in Bonds

Alexandria Hotel Template

Loan Markets Analysis

Secondary Markets: Trading and valuing Options

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Risk, Return & TVM

Coveriance, Correlation & Eff. Frontiers

Betas and Regression Analysis

Sharpe Ratios and CAPM

Financial Analysis

Cash Flow & Ratio Analysis

Hyatt Financial Analysis and Valuation

Valuation Template with Hyatt numbers

Case Study #1: Alexandria Hotel Template

Case Study #2 - Hypothetical LBO of Crocks

Case Study #3 - Start-up Valuation 48X

Case Study #4: Distress Buyout

Case Study I: AK Steel LBO

Case Study II Private LBO Celerity Tech

Case Study III - IPO Droussia Heights Hotel

Case IV Asset Purchase Method Steel Dynamics

Distress Company Valuation using Black Scholes - Spirit Air Bankruptcy

Textbook Reference

Chapters 1-13

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Chapters 1-5

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Chapters 6-11

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Chapters 12-18

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Chapters 5-6

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Chapter 10

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Chapter 7

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Chapter 11

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Chapters 4-6

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Chapter 8

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Chapter 13

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 15

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Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

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Chapters 10-14

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