Introduction to Finance and Financial Analysis

Name: Introduction to Finance and Financial Analysis
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How can you make better financial decisions for your company? Learn more about corporate finance with this free course.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Identify the criteria corporations use when making financial decisions
Distinguish the rights and obligations of common and preferred stock
Describe different ways of valuing stock
Explain how a market index works
Classify the other kinds of bonds and analyse their characteristics and risks
Compare the different types of duration
Define the purpose, uses and limitations of a financial statement
Describe financial ratios, their uses and limitations
Compare different forecasting techniques and analyse forecasting
Define financial modelling and pro forma analysis
Discuss the use of the rating system to evaluate the risk associated with foreign bonds
Analyze the impact of taxes on firms

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