Value Investing
Learn the techniques for successful value investing methodology and critical thinking skills around growth and profitability for individual investors and corporate decision-makers in a program offered by Columbia Business School Executive Education.
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Course Description
Columbia Business School Executive Education offers a nine-week online program, designed to teach the most successful investment strategy ever developed. The program is ideal for individual investors and portfolio managers seeking to learn the value investing methodology and uncover opportunities that others miss. Additionally, the program is valuable for all corporate decision makers as it teaches critical thinking about growth and profitability. The program's curriculum is inspired by the timeless investing principles practiced by renowned investors such as Warren Buffett and Mario Gabelli. The course covers a range of topics, including asset valuation, earnings power value, strategic analysis, growth and value, and risk management. The program is delivered through a blend of case studies, interactive sessions, and discussions led by world-class faculty, equipping learners with practical skills to make intelligent investment decisions.
What You Will Learn
By the end of Columbia Business School's Value Investing program, learners will have gained a thorough understanding of the value investing framework, including asset valuation, earnings power value, and strategic analysis. They will have applied these concepts through case studies of companies such as Walmart, Amazon, Magna International, and John Deere. Learners will have tackled highly-debated topics like growth and value, measuring competitive advantage, and risk management. They will have developed the skills to identify securities priced below their true value, calculate the value of high-growth companies, and evaluate the attractiveness of companies using the value investing approach.
Instructors
Tano Santos is an expert in value investing at Columbia Business School. His current research focuses on two distinct areas: asset pricing, with an emphasis on theoretical and empirical models that can account for the predictability of returns, and applied economic theory, specifically, the economics of financial innovations as well as theory of organizations. Santos joined the Columbia Business School faculty in 2003.