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ACCA P4 Lectures

Please note: Chapter numbers and page numbers in the video lectures sometimes may refer to different numbers in the course notes.

Value at risk

Chapter 7 The Cost of Capital

Cost of Equity

Cost of Debt

The Cost of Capital (part 3)

The Cost of Capital Example 10

Chapter 8 Portfolio Theory

Portfolio Theory Examples

Portfolio theory Example 1

Portfolio Theory Example 3

Portfolio Theory Example 5

Well-diversified portfolios

Chapter 9 The Capital Asset Pricing Model

Examples 1- 3

Examples 4 – 6

Combining Investments Example 8

Alpha values Example 9

Ungearing Betas Example 10

Example 11

Chapter 10 Discounted Cash Flow Techniques

Discounted Cash Flow Techniques

Internal Rate of Return

Modified Internal Rate of Return

Multi Period Capital Rationing Example 4

Chapter 11 The Impact of Financing

The Impact of Financing Example 1

The Impact of Financing Example 2

Chapter 12 Share Options and Option Pricing

Share Options and Option Pricing part 1

Share Options and Option Pricing part 2

Chapter 13 Real Options

Real Options

Chapter 17 Foreign Exchange Risk Management

Exchange rates

Foreign exchange risk

Forward contracts

Money market hedging

Currency futures lecture 1a

Currency futures lecture 1b

Currency futures lecture 2a

Currency futures lecture 2b

Currency futures lecture 3a

Currency futures lecture 3b

Lock-in Rate

Chapter 18 Foreign Exchange Risk Management – Options

Foreign Exchange Risk Management Options part 1

Foreign Exchange Risk Management Traded Options part 2

Foreign Exchange Risk Management Options part 3

Chapter 19 Interest Rate Risk Management

Explanation of interest rate risk

Forward Rate Agreement and Interest Rate Guarantees

Introduction to Interest rate futures

Interest rate futures Example 3

Interest rate futures Example 4

Interest rate futures Example 4 continued

Interest rate options (part 1)

Interest rate options (part 2)

Interest rate swaps

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Comments

  1. laksmi says

    January 21, 2014 at 10:04 am

    Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to cover these topics.
    Had a ghastly time working some of the jargon out till now.
    Many thanks again, all round!!!

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  2. twilight1987 says

    May 3, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    Thanks for the lectures.You have made my life easy.
    I could have never done ACCA without open tuition.

    Thanks

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  3. Varda says

    May 1, 2013 at 11:42 pm

    dear sir john
    u r an AMAZING lecturer, hedging never made so much sense.
    thank u soooooooooo much
    bless u

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  4. nad2009 says

    April 15, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    I agree open tuition plz upload lecture on business valuation!

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    • John Moffat says

      April 15, 2013 at 5:17 pm

      See my answer, below, to the previous comment.

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      • Wahabna says

        April 16, 2013 at 9:56 am

        oh yes i am sorry 馃檪 I just saw your reply. Ironically, i didn’t see this reply when i was posting my comment :/ Sorry for the inconvenience and thankyou for responding 馃檪

  5. Wahabna says

    April 11, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    I was wondering the same thing as katty was… Where is merger and acquisition? :S Its one of the major portions of P4… Pleease Opentuition! Upload lectures on that too!!

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    • John Moffat says

      April 15, 2013 at 5:17 pm

      I will record more lectures when I have the time. However, there are lectures on all the areas that require technical knowledge. Mergers and acquisitions and (especially) business valuations do not require extra technical knowledge – it is a combination of reading, practising questions, using F9 knowledge, and applying the techniques learned in other parts of the syllabus.

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  6. katty says

    April 10, 2013 at 1:05 am

    where is merger and acquisition ??? :/

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  7. elegant11 says

    March 25, 2013 at 6:04 am

    fantastic lectures….
    small doubt …. isnt the paper structure changing to 50,25,25 marks paper.
    how do i study and prepare for this paper bcz i came down last time and i find it hard to attemp questions even after going through the study text. plz some1 help me with tips

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    • John Moffat says

      March 25, 2013 at 7:41 am

      Yes – the structure is now one compulsory 50 mark question, and then a choice of 2 from 3 questions of 25 marks each.
      I have updated the sheet on here – I will update the introductory lecture this week.

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      • khzr501 says

        March 26, 2013 at 8:38 pm

        may God bless u sir. I love you for this and wish to hug you someday for this priceless effort.. God be with u Amen.

  8. Wahabna says

    March 20, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    Hello John, first of all, i want u to know that ur notes are AMAZING. I am sure many before me have already told you that as well lol 馃榾 Foreign Exchange Risk Management was actually making sense to me after your video lectures so thank you so much for that! 馃檪 I just want to know if you are going to upload lectures on CURRENCY SWAPS. I really want to learn that from your lectures as well especially since its kind of expected to come in our june 2013 paper. Please help out! 馃檪 thanks alot.

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  9. mwatitha mwaba mambo says

    March 20, 2013 at 10:20 am

    how come i donot have access to videos

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    • admin says

      March 20, 2013 at 10:49 am

      What device are you using?

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    • admin says

      March 20, 2013 at 4:35 pm

      Try different browser

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  10. aaqibsheikh says

    March 19, 2013 at 7:45 am

    Dear Admin,
    kindly tell me the way to get new topic which are includes recently Islamic Sources of finance?

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    • John Moffat says

      March 19, 2013 at 9:04 am

      There is a chapter in our Course Notes.
      Also there is a recent article in Student Accountant.

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      • aaqibsheikh says

        March 19, 2013 at 10:57 am

        Kindly tell me in which chapter?

      • admin says

        March 19, 2013 at 11:48 am

        Look at contents page

      • ishrath says

        May 3, 2013 at 6:46 pm

        sir, can you upload a video lecture of how to critically evaluate an islamic finance question.

  11. phurez says

    March 8, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    Dear Admin,

    Do you have the full p4 lectures videos?

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    • admin says

      March 8, 2013 at 5:52 pm

      What you see is what you get 馃槈

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  12. ferrischan says

    February 28, 2013 at 12:24 am

    Dear Lecturer

    May I check with you on Qns2ii) of Dec2012 exam. For the cost of premium of the option, how do we get 3.7% as borrowing cost? Thanks.

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    • John Moffat says

      February 28, 2013 at 2:43 pm

      It is because the French base rate is 2.2% and Lignum can borrow money at 150 points (1.5%) above base rate.
      (As the answer says, you could have use 2.2% – 1% (the investing rate) if you want instead.)

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  13. dee5670 says

    February 10, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    Hello Lecturer,

    Many Thanks for uploading the lectures. You explained the concepts very clearly.

    however, in exams, there are no straight forward Questions. There are many things to be worked out together.

    Is it possible to upload some lectures of actually solving the Past Exam Papers. We have their answers but sometimes get confused that why one step was taken and not other. Videos will help in better understanding.

    Many Thanks

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    • John Moffat says

      February 28, 2013 at 2:44 pm

      I will record answers to some past exam questions when I have the time.

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  14. flowermist says

    January 16, 2013 at 5:48 am

    Dear Lecturer,

    I am a student who is 100% depended on opentution resources. Do you think that the opentution materials itself is sufficient for me to pass P4 or should i seek additional help. Although the syllabus has 28 chapters lectures are there only from Chapter 7 to 19…. Others are understandable just by reading the course notes is it ? Really appreciate your advise….I liked F9 very much and feel that i will like P4 too, however haven’t decided yet on choosing P4 for June 2013 sessions….your guidance would be of great help. thank you 馃檪

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    • John Moffat says

      January 16, 2013 at 11:13 am

      The reason that there are not lectures on all of the chapters is that the lectures concentrate on the more important areas and the other chapters should be understandable from reading them without lectures.

      The Course Notes here do cover more than enough to be able to pass the exam. However what is terribly important is that you practice as many questions as possible and get used to the style of the exam – at the very least you should download past exams from the ACCA website, or (better) get hold of an exam/revision kit.
      Also, the more extra reading that you do the better – try to read the business pages of a good newspaper as often as possible.

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  15. umaracca0 says

    December 2, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    Dear Tutor.

    I have watched all your video lectures on Foreign Exchange Risk Management and have found them very useful.

    However I have a quick and simple question regarding estimation of futures price, as my answers being calculated the way you taught in the video lectures are not similar to the past paper answers.

    For eg. June 2011 Ques. Casasophia
    We are given spot rate, futures price now, 4 month forward rate and have to estimate futures price in 4 months.
    To estimate it, I assume the spot rate in 4 months time is the 4 months forward rate of 1.3623, and having calculated the basis risk to be 0.0016 at that date, my estimated futures price is 1.3639 whereas the answer gives 1.3682.

    Can you explain where I went wrong in my calculations ?

    Thank you very much.

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  16. nickneouk says

    November 9, 2012 at 9:20 am

    Great cectures, Thank you!

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  17. htung00 says

    November 5, 2012 at 6:02 am

    In the practice question northern we need to calculate the ungeared market value of a company.

    In the suggested answer they use a formula MVg = MVu + DT.

    Before looking at the answer I calculated the tax benefit on interest and discounted at the risk free rate and added that to geared market value. Is this an incorrect method of doing things?

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    • Saline says

      November 30, 2012 at 10:40 am

      @htung00, Can you please reply we it has been multiplied by 1 and divided by 5 ?

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  18. hunter147 says

    October 24, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    i would like to know if P7 UK is different from P7 INT

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    • MikeLittle says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:10 pm

      @hunter147, So why post your question on a P4 page?

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  19. sagittarious says

    October 22, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    Can any one help me out in COLLARS.What is that, how do we calculate tht????
    I ll b very thankful….

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    • John Moffat says

      October 24, 2012 at 8:08 pm

      @sagittarious, collars are dealt with in the lectures on interest rate risk management.

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  20. sagittarious says

    October 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Plz upload the lectures of SWAP.Its complicated and hard to understand.

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