Introduction to Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation
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Introduction to Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation

Learn Finance & Accounting from Scratch by an Award Winning MBA Professor, Ivy Grad, worked @ Goldman & VC

Created by Chris Haroun | 1.5 Million Students | #1 Best Selling Business & Finance Prof.
4.5 hours
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64
Lectures
219,862
Students
4.5
Rating
4.5
(219,862 students enrolled)

What you'll learn

#1 Best Selling Accounting Course on Udemy (Learn Finance and Accounting the Easy Way)!​
Analyze and understand an income statement (even if you have no experience with income statements).
Analyze and understand a balance sheet (even if you have no experience with balance sheets).
Analyze and understand a cash flow statement (even if you have no experience with cash flow statements).
Understand and use modeling best practices so you can create financial models.
Know where to get data in order to build a financial model (in depth understanding of identifying and using/navigating the best free websites and sources to build your financial model)!
Create a financial model (projecting the future) for an income statement.
Create a financial model (projecting the future) for a balance sheet.
Create a financial model (projecting the future) for a cash flow statement.
Understand valuation best practices so you can create target prices based on your financial models.
How to use Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and how to create the Weighted Average Cost of Capital and Terminal values in order to pick target prices.
How to use P/E in order to pick target prices.
How to use P/R in order to pick target prices.
Other valuation methodologies, including EV/Sales, EV/EBITDA, P/B, EV/FCF, etc.
Come up with a target price based on an average of several different valuation methodologies.
Analyze the total addressable market for a company you are doing research on.
Analyze financial statements using profitability ratios: Gross Margin (Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue), Operating Margin (EBITDA/ Revenue), Net Profit Margin (Net Income / Revenue), Return on Assets (Net Income / Assets) and Return on Equity (Net Income / Equity).
Analyze financial statements using debt and inventory formulas: Debt to Assets (Total Liabilities/ Total Assets), Debt to Equity (Total Liabilities/ Total Equity), Interest Coverage Ratio (EBITDA / Interest) and Inventory Days on Hand (Inventory / Cost of Good Sold) * 365.
Analyze and compare companies using the following formulas: Price / Earnings, PEG (P/E / Growth), Price / Revenue, EV/EBITDA, EV/Sales, Price/Free Cash Flow and Price / Book.
We will do an extremely in depth professional accounting, finance, modeling and valuation analysis of LinkedIn using the accounting and finance methodologies used in this course (you will also have many exercises to complete that will help you understand accounting, finance, valuation and modeling).

Course Content

17 sections • 64 lectures • 04:20:51 total length

Course Introduction

3 lectures • 03:57

Thank You Message from Chris00:02
Course Introduction & Who is this Course For?03:43
How to Ask me Questions Live on my Weekly Webcast (Includes Zoom)00:11

Accounting Part 1 of 3: Income Statement Analysis

6 lectures • 18:51

Why is the Income Statement Important & How Can It Help You Achieve Your Goals01:53
Income Statement Explanation03:57
Income Statement Example and Analysis08:48
Income Statement Analysis Exercise01:07
Income Statement Analysis Exercise Answers Explanations02:57
+1 more lectures

Accounting Part 2 of 3: Balance Sheet Analysis

5 lectures • 15:31

Why is the Balance Sheet Important & How Can It Help You Achieve Your Goals01:10
Balance Sheet Explanation02:04
Balance Sheet Example and Analysis08:39
Balance Sheet Analysis Exercise00:59
Balance Sheet Analysis Exercise Answer Explanations02:39

Accounting Part 3 of 3: Cash Flow Statement Analysis

6 lectures • 15:06

Why is the Cash Flow Statement Important+How Can It Help You Achieve Your Goals01:25
Cash Flow Statement Explanation02:08
Cash Flow Statement Example and Analysis06:34
Cash Flow Statement Analysis Exercise00:34
Cash Flow Statement Analysis Exercise Answer Explanations02:08
+2 more lectures

Financial Modeling Part 1 of 4: Introduction and Best Practices

2 lectures • 07:17

Why is Financial Modeling Important & How Can It Help You Achieve Your Goals02:04
Financial Modeling Best Practices05:13

Financial Modeling Part 2 of 4: Where Do I Get Historical Data From?

5 lectures • 29:57

Why is Investor Relations+SEC.Gov Important & How Can It Help Me Build Models?01:46
Introduction to Investor Relations (A Great Model Data Source)11:01
SEC.gov is Another Great Model Resource07:07
Yahoo Finance is Also a Great Model Resource05:28
What Quarterly Earnings Call & Why Is It Important for Modeling Purposes?04:35
+1 more lectures

Financial Modeling Part 3 of 4: Case Study: Building a Model for LinkedIn

6 lectures • 49:03

Case Study Introduction and What You Will Learn in this Section01:55
Qualitative Analysis on LinkedIn02:22
What is the Total Addressable Market for LinkedIn and Why is this Important?06:10
LinkedIn Model Introduction04:15
LinkedIn Model Discussion in More Detail (Historical Data Only)17:47
+1 more lectures

Financial Modeling Part 4 of 4: Financial Model Exercise

3 lectures • 14:32

Financial Modeling Exercises Introduction00:51
Financial Modeling Exercise03:33
Modeling Exercise Answer Explanations10:08
CPE Review Quiz: Section 7-83 questions

Valuation Part 1 of 6: Introduction and Best Practices

3 lectures • 05:45

Introduction to Valuation01:18
More Detail on Growth Versus Value and P/E + P/R + DCF Overview04:21
25 Valuation and Modeling Best Practices00:06

Valuation Part 2 of 6: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

7 lectures • 55:01

What is DCF, Why is it Important and How Does it Work?06:17
Calculating the Terminal Value02:42
Calculating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)06:23
DCF Example07:44
DCF Exercise01:57
+2 more lectures

Valuation Part 3 of 6: Price to Revenue

4 lectures • 09:18

What is Price / Revenue and Why Do We Need to Base a Target Price on this Ratio?02:11
Price to Revenue Example01:44
Price to Revenue Valuation Exercise00:10
Price to Revenue Exercise Answer Explanations05:13

Valuation Part 4 of 6: Price to Earnings & Additional Valuation Methodologies

5 lectures • 12:49

Introduction to P/E and Why it Matters02:48
Price to Earnings Example02:28
Price to Earnings Valuation Exercise00:10
Price to Earnings Exercise Answer Explanations05:44
Additional Valuation Methodologies01:39

Valuation Part 5 of 6: Final Target Price Calculation & "TAM Sanity Check"

1 lectures • 00:31

Our Final Price Target Calculation00:31

Valuation Part 6 of 6: Valuation Part 6 of 6 Comparing TAM to the Target Price

1 lectures • 01:07

Using the TAM to Verify How Realistic Our Target Price Is01:07

Assessing Financials with Formulas

5 lectures • 18:56

Introduction to Formulas00:38
Amazing Formulas to Assess Financials07:30
Exercise on Using Formulas00:05
Discussion of the Answers to the Formulas Exercise10:24
CPE Review Quiz: Section 9-155 questions
+1 more lectures

Bonus Materials

1 lectures • 01:06

Bonus Items01:06

Course Conclusion

1 lectures • 02:00

Conclusion02:00
CPE Qualified Assessment10 questions

Description

#1 Best Selling Accounting Course on Udemy (Learn Finance and Accounting the Easy Way)!     ** ACCORDING TO BUSINESS INSIDER: "Haroun is one of the highest rated professors on Udemy, so you can expect to be in good hands through the course of your education." **  He is the author of the best selling business course on Udemy this year called 'An Entire MBA in 1 Course'

This course will help you understand accounting, finance, financial modeling and valuation from scratch (no prior accounting, finance, modeling or valuation experience is required).

By the end of this course, you will also know how to value companies using several different valuation methodologies that I have used during my Wall Street career so you can come up with target prices for the companies that you are analyzing.

By the end of this course, you will also know how to analyze financial statements using many different financial ratios/formulas that I have used in my hedge fund, Goldman Sachs & venture capital career.

The Learning objectives of the course are as follows:

  • Understand how to read and analyze financial statements like a Balance Sheet, an Income Statement, and a Cash Flow Statement.

  • Discover the best modeling practices to be able to create your own financial statements.

  • Recognize the role macroeconomics plays in modeling.

  • Identify the different resources to research financial statements of public companies.

  • Determine how to create a forecasting model from the financial statements.

  • List the most commonly used valuation methods.

  • Derive a target price of a stock using three or more valuation methods.

  • Define and explain the financial metrics used to determine the health of a company.

Lastly, I am teaching this course in a much more visual and entertaining way; I hope you enjoy the course as I always use an 'edutainment' and visualization teaching approach to make complex topics simple/easy to understand. 

Thanks,
Chris Haroun


CPE (Continuing Professional Education)

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Who this course is for:

  • Anyone interested in how accounting works (no prior accounting experience is needed).
  • Anyone interested in how finance works (no prior finance experience is needed).
  • Anyone interested in how modeling works (no prior modeling experience is needed).
  • Anyone interested in how valuation works (no prior valuation experience is needed).
  • Anyone interested in how financial ratios works (no prior financial ratios experience is needed).

This course includes:

  • 4.5 hours on-demand video
  • 9 articles
  • 15 downloadable resources
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Full lifetime access
  • Certificate of completion

Instructor

Chris Haroun | 1.5 Million Students | #1 Best Selling Business & Finance Prof.

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