Understanding financial statements and finance

Understanding financial statements and finance

One of the most intuitive Finance courses , it includes everything you’ll need.

We will start with building a solid foundation from "what are financial statements and why it is so important to learn how to read , understand and analyze them ?"  to gradually taking you to a stage "when you yourself can read, interpret and understand financial statements and  accounts of any business (including yours) from scratch."

Why Learn how to read financial statements ? Why the course matters?

Because any business or company in the world speaks the language of accounts and financial statements and you need to know how to understand the language it is speaking.

And no matter what type of business  you do or company you operate, sooner or later you have to deal with money and money speaks the language of accounts.

One of the first skills that John D. Rockefeller learned was Accounting & Bookkeeping.

It taught him how to listen to what his businesses were saying to him.

All his life, he celebrated 26th September as JOB DAY, the most important day in his life, the day he got his job as a bookkeeper.

FINANCIAL ANALYST AS A CAREER

The ability to read financial statements in professional world is called " Financial analyst" and is one of the best ways to get your foot in the finance world.

No matter the time, be it recession or boom, a financial analyst  never go out of business. The skill of reading financial statement  remains with you and is a valuable tool which will help you all your life.

AFTER DOING THIS COURSE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

• Understand what are the financial statements , what they tell you and how they are interconnected

• Analyze each and every financial statement in depth using real world companies

• As an entrepreneur, be financially literate instead of relying solely on your accountant

• Perform the entire financial analysis from real world companies from scratch.

• Build a solid foundation of understanding of  financial statements of your business.
  Why? Because these financial statements are the report card of your business. It’s not just about profits but an essential tool to make key day-to-day decisions such as whether to increase prices, how much inventory to purchase, or whether to hire an employee.

• Understand and apply core fundamental financial analysis principles like Margins, Cash flows , financial health of real world businesses

• Understand the real difference between cash flow and Profits

• Perform Journalizing of accounting entries in the Journal Book.

• Prepare Accounting Ledgers, Posting & Balancing of accounts.

• Read , interpret and analyze Balance sheet

• Read , interpret and analyze Income Statement

• Read , interpret and analyze Cash flow statement

How this course is different from other courses?

• The entire course is taught using extensive examples and case studies.

• Nothing is assumed and everything is taught.

• The instructor is himself a qualified chartered accountant teaching for more than 10 years with real work experience of having taught now thousands of students on Udemy alone and have been working with Big 4 accounting firms.

• The course is not a collection of boring lectures and there are certain things you can not understand just by googling it. The course teaches you the art of financial analysis in a cohesive and practical manner.

  
  

  
  

Who this course is for:

• Anyone interested in what is your business telling you , what are the strengths and weakness of your businesses (no prior accounting experience is needed).

• Entrepreneurs

• Aspiring Accountants and Financial Analysts

• Aspiring Investment Bankers

• Accounting Students

• Anyone wishing to understand a company's financials for the purpose of investing , entrepreneurship or any other.

• Anyone wishing to be successful in the world of Business & Finance

Learn to read/ understand financial statements by using practical and extensive case studies in a well designed course.

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What you will learn

• Learn how to read , analyze and interpret financials or accounts of your business
• Understanding financial statements and financial literacy
• Conduct actual analysis of real world companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google , Tesla and many more

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Level: All Levels

Duration: 2.5 hours

Instructor: Finance Geeks