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Understanding Cash and Fund Flow Concepts
- State reasons for preparing separate cash and fund flow ...
- Compare and analyze the differences between cash and fun...
- Define cash flow and explain the importance o... Read More

Understanding Stock and Bond Investment
- Define investment and the various types of investment as...
- Explain asset allocation and its importance in building ...
- Outline the relationship between risk and ret... Read More

Trendline Analysis for Stock Market Investing
- Recognize the right market trend in which to invest
- Identify the direction of security prices
- Discuss the strength of trendlines Read More

Events Management: Starting Your Own Business
- Outline the different stages of event promotion
- Explain the use of social media to promote an event
- Describe how to make the most of a venue’s re... Read More

Introduction to Investment and Gold Trading
- Define ‘investment’
- Identify the benefits and risks of investing in bonds
- Describe the different flavours of stocks Read More

An Introduction to Financial Intelligence
- Discuss the roles of shareholders and directors within a...
- Explain financial statements to evaluate performance
- Compute return ratios Read More

Forex Trading - Technical Analysis and Risk Management
- Define ‘foreign exchange’
- Recall the six most-traded currencies in foreign exchang...
- Analyse the essential role of a country’s cen... Read More

Understanding Mortgages
- Assess the mortgage market to identify trends, and oppor...
- Evaluate the regulatory frameworks along with different ...
- Identify and compare different repayment options availab...
- Analyse key economic factors impacting the mo... Read More

Financial Funds
- Define acronyms related to financial funds
- Explain how open-end and closed-end mutual funds operate
- Outline the method to calculate the net asset value (NAV...
- Describe how hedge funds operate and the role... Read More

Day Trading Strategies
- Discuss money management in day trading
- Differentiate between an NR4 Candle and the Inside Bar P...
- List the types of day trading strategies in the market
- Explain how to set your trading capital and h... Read More

Business English for Finance
- Define the concept of finance
- Recall how to employ helpful phrases and tenses correctl...
- Discuss the various communication strategies
- Explain the purpose of financial analysis and... Read More

Basic Concepts of Financial Analysis
- Explain the fundamentals of finance-related aspects and ...
- Describe the types of financial statements
- Explain balance sheet structure and its conce... Read More

Managerial Economics - Monopoly and Perfect Competition
- Discuss the concept of 'the market'
- Categorize the various types of market
- Explain long-run equilibrium Read More

How Value Investing Works
- Recognise the investing strategy of great investors Benj...
- Define and practice ‘value investing’
- Recognise the stock market's behaviour in the short and ...
- Define the stock's 'real value' Read More

Introduction to Stocks and Short Selling
- Define what stocks and shares are
- Examine how to work out how they are valued
- Identify how shorting works when buying and s... Read More

Currency Exchange
- Outline how currency exchange how it works
- Summarize what a trade imbalance is
- List some of the advantages and disadvantages of a trade...
- Describe treasury bonds, liquid assets and th... Read More
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