Fundamentals and Concepts of Finance, Investment and Business
Learn the basics to manage your finances, invest your savings and grow your wealth.
Updated on Sep, 2023
Language - English
Course Description
It is quite common to see that people are proficient in their profession or business and earn adequately well but are not able to manage their finances in a prudent manner. This happens because of inadequate basic knowledge about finance, investment and the financial concepts related to business. Students who pursue higher education find it difficult to understand financial management due to inadequate clarity on the fundamentals and basic concepts of finance. This course is designed to address the conceptual and fundamental issues so as to build a strong foundation for better understanding of the issues related to finance, investment and business.
In this course hosted by PRUDENCE Engineering and Financial Consultants, Col (Dr) Shabbar Shahid, an Army Veteran and a post graduate in Engineering and Finance with a Doctorate in management explains the fundamentals and concepts of Finance, Investment and business in a very simple manner with apt examples. The speaker believes that a clear understanding of the basics is the key to advanced learning and professional success.
This course is divided into three sections. The first section explains the concepts like Inflation, Savings, Investment, Risk, Liquidity, Time Value of Money etc. The second part explains the concept that earning money and converting the earnings into wealth are two different things. The concept of interest and returns through various investment avenues like Bonds, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Stock market etc have been explained in a simple manner with practical examples. The last part explains the concepts of Debt and Equity, Sources of Capital, Cost of Capital, Significance of Turnover, Profit, Earnings ,Return on Investment etc.
This course will be of immense benefit to university students and undergraduates who will find themselves equipped with the fundamentals before they step into their professional careers or pursue higher education. It will also be of immense use to young entrepreneurs who intend venturing into business and those interested to indulge in investment as also to anyone who desires to understand the concepts of finance, investment and business in order to manage their personal finances and business in a better way or provide services as an advisor to family and friends.
The instructor knows the subject well and speaks to the point without any glamour, frills or divergence thus, respecting the value of time.
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
The Fundamentals and Concepts of Finance and Investment to help you manage your Personal Finances in a better way.
The concepts of earnings and profit for business and entrepreneurs
The aspects like Inflation, Savings, Investment, Liquidity, Risk and Time Value of Money to help you take informed and balanced investment decisions.
Business concepts like Capital, Sources and Cost of Capital, Debt-Equity, Leverage, EBITDA and ROI to help you manage your business and personal investments.
The concept and types of Risk and how to analyse risk
The concept of Liquidity. Liquidity of personal assets and market liquidity and its implications
A conceptual understanding of the Time Value of Money
The pitfalls of Debt and how to prevent falling in a Debt Trap
The concept of how money grows into wealth
Understanding the difference between Simple and Compound interest and also between Stated Annual Rate and Effective Annual Rate
Some considerations for real life investment and classification of personal investment
Some examples of how money grows at different pace
Understanding Investment in bonds and concept of Par Value, Coupon rate, Market price and Yield rate
Understanding investment in Mutual Funds, ETFs and other investment avenues
Understanding investment in stock market
Practical example of investing in stock market
Significance of Risk and Diversification in investment
The financial concepts for entrepreneurs
Understand what is Capital and the source of capital
The significance of Debt and Equity
The concept of Cost of Capital in a business
The significance of Debt Equity Ratio or Leverage
The significance of turnover in any business
The concept of Profit, Earnings, EBIT and EBITDA and ROI
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- There are no prerequisites. You only need to have a desire to learn Finance, Investment and Business.
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Fundamentals and Concepts
12 Lectures
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Promotional video
03:03
03:03
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Prelude
04:49
04:49
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Introduction
02:45
02:45
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Purchasing Power and its Implications
08:36
08:36
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The Concept of Beating Inflation
06:44
06:44
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Understanding Savings vis a vis Investment
06:23
06:23
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Risk and Risk Analysis Part 1
13:31
13:31
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Risk and Risk Analysis Part 2
19:42
19:42
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Liquidity Part 1 (Personal Assets)
11:36
11:36
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Liquidity Part 2 (Economy)
22:38
22:38
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The Concept of Time Value of Money
19:24
19:24
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The Debt Trap and EMI
18:13
18:13
How Does Money Grow
11 Lectures
Financial Concepts for Business and Entrepreneurs
11 Lectures
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