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The course starts on TODAYJanuary 18, 2025

Course will end on March 19, 2025

4 Weeks (1-3 hours per week)

Last update on January 14, 2025

Essentials of Finance: A Guide to Financial Management

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Gain a solid foundation in finance with "Essentials of Finance: A Guide to Financial Management." This course covers essential concepts, including legal forms of business organization, financial statements, analysis, and the time value of money. It is perfect for beginners looking to understand financial principles and improve their decision-making skills in business or personal finance.

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ABOUT THIS COURSE

In the Essentials of Finance course, you will be introduced to the basic concepts needed to understand the financial manager’s decision-making process. To achieve that, you will learn about the basic

What you'll learn

1. Understand the basic legal forms of business organization and their financial implications.

2. Interpret key financial statements like the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement.

3. Analyze financial performance using liquidity, leverage, turnover, profitability, and market value ratios.

4. Apply the concept of the time value of money, including present value, future value, and annuities. Develop essential financial decision-making skills for business and personal finance management.

Course content

Workshop 1: Introduction to Finance

Lesson 1: Finance: an overview

1 lectures

Lesson 2: Introduction of the Three Legal Forms to Organize Firms

1 lectures

Lesson 3: The Goal of Financial Management

1 lectures

Lesson 4: The Five Basic Principles of Finance | Part 1

1 lectures

Lesson 5: The Five Basic Principles of Finance | Part 2

1 lectures

Workshop Assessment

0 lectures

Workshop 2: Firms And the Financial Market

Lesson 1: The Basic Structure of The Financial Markets

1 lectures

Lesson 2: The Financial Marketplace: Financial Institutions

1 lectures

Lesson 3: The Financial Marketplace: Securities

1 lectures

Lesson 4: Types of Securities

1 lectures

Workshop Assessment

0 lectures

Workshop 3: Financial Statements and Cash Flow

Lesson 1: An Overview of The Firm’s Financial Statements

1 lectures

Lesson 2: The Income Statement

1 lectures

Lesson 3: Corporate Taxes

1 lectures

Lesson 4: Balance Sheet

1 lectures

Lesson 5: Statement of Cash Flow

1 lectures

Workshop 4: Financial Statements Analysis

Lesson 1: Why Do We Analyze Financial Statements?

1 lectures

Lesson 2: Common Size Statements: Standardizing Financial Information

1 lectures

Lesson 3: Using Financial Ratios, Liquidity and Activity Ratios

1 lectures

Lesson 4: Financial Ratios: Leverage Ratios

1 lectures

Lesson 5: Financial Ratios: Profitability Ratios

1 lectures

Lesson 6: Financial Ratios: Market Value Ratios

1 lectures

Lesson 7: Selecting A Performance Benchmark and Limitations of Ratio Analysis

1 lectures

Workshop Assessment

0 lectures

Final Assessment of the Course

0 lectures

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Essentials of Finance: A Guide to Financial Management