Introduction to Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation

About this course

#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 cour

Course objectives

• understand the basics of finance and accounting
• identify macroeconomic influences on financial modeling
• evaluate companies using financial metrics