Financial Literacy: Reading Financial Statements like a Pro
This course works through a set of financial statements highlighting the key points of relevance.
Updated on Sep, 2023
Language - English
Course Description
One of the most crucial skills for any manager to develop, financial or otherwise, is an ability to pick up and read a set of financial statements. Financial statements tell important stories about how a business has performed, its level of financial strength, and the availability of cash generated. Unfortunately, these stories are often not explicitly stated and require understanding and further analysis.
In this course, we work through a set of financial statements highlighting the key points of relevance. We also learn about ratio analysis, which helps us generate a deeper level of insight into the financial results by making comparisons to prior periods and to peers. This is a foundational course that will deepen your understanding of what the numbers mean.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in finance or related fields.
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
- Discover how to analyze financial statements to evaluate profitability, operational performance, financial strength, and cash flow.
- Discover how to use ratio analysis to evaluate financial performance against trends, prior performance, and industry statistics.
- Discover how to work through a set of financial statements highlighting the key points of relevance.
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- No advanced preparation or prerequisites are needed for this course.
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Introduction
7 Lectures
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Introduction
04:18
04:18
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What's In A 10-K
07:09
07:09
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Evaluating Profitability
19:27
19:27
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Operational Analysis
07:02
07:02
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Evaluating Financial Strength
13:30
13:30
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Cash Flow Analysis
08:41
08:41
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Financial Analysis Using The Internet
14:36
14:36
Supporting Materials
1 Lectures
Instructor Details
Blair Cook
Thought Leaders in the Field of Executive FinanceA financial executive and corporate director with a broad base of experience working as a financial leader, catalyst, operator and steward in a number of public and private companies operating in a broad array of industries, with a deep background as a financial, consulting, and accounting educator providing professional development services to Big 4 Public Accounting Firms, universities, and professional institutes.
Specialties:Leadership, finance, accounting, mergers and acquisitions, auditing, instructional design, facilitation and instruction, authoring, decision analysis
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