Finance for the Real World - Corporate Finance 101 (Udemy.com)
Learn the basics of Finance! We will cover compounding interest and many other topics
Created by: BrainyMoney and Son Han, CFA, CPA
Last updated July 2018
What you will learn
- Understand the Time Value of Money
- Understand and Calculate the Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return and Payback Period for Capital Budgeting
- Calculate the Time Value of Money using Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets or by hand
- Understand the 5 components of interest rates
- Calculate the Future Value and Present Value of cash flows
- Understand the difference between fixed and variable interest rates
- Understand the basics of Modern Portfolio Theory
- Understand the basics of the Efficient Market Hypothesis
How it compares
Against the other 376 rated Udemy courses in Finance & Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.0 out of 5higher than 3% of them
- Reviews1,315#106 of 377 by number of reviews
- Length1.9 hoursshorter than 82% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2018earlier than 95% of them
Course Description
Do you want to improve your financial literacy?
Do you want to understand the basic finance terms like Compounding Interest, Time Value of Money, Net Present Value and Modern Portfolio Theory?
Do you want a class where you do the problems with the professor?
This class is for you!
We will help you get a strong foundation for Compounding Interest, the Time Value of Money. We will create a loan amortization schedule together as well!
You will learn how to use Excel/Google Sheets to calculate the Net Present Value of capital projects.
I am a Chartered Financial Analyst and I have included course material from the CFA Level 1 Exam to help you understand what the test would be like.
I will be adding a section about Behavioral Finance and how to calculate how much you need for retirement using the Time Value of Money! Stay tuned!
Enjoy the course!
Instructor Details
- 4.0 Rating
1,315 Reviews
BrainyMoney and Son Han, CFA, CPA
Personal Finance is easy. It takes 2 hours to learn. The hard part is staying motivated. We build the best personal finance courses,cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to improve financial lives of our peers. Follow us on Instagram to find daily motivational videos. Instagram: @Brainy.Money
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Reviews
By Moe Younas on 3/13/2021
sound quality isn't very good at all. Makes it very hard to hear and understand. I would have given 5 stars if I could hear most of the time what the instructor was speaking about.
By Tarushi on 9/16/2020
yes
By Riya Saini on 8/25/2020
I learned a couple of new things in this course. It was amazing.
By Claudia Daniele on 8/23/2020
na
By Nadezhda Mileva on 6/22/2020
Each notion is explained in a clear manner.
By Mohit Arora on 6/4/2020
Great Course with real examples to solve problems with!
By Monwabisi Kalawe on 5/26/2020
Has an amazing ability to simplify things
By Jaydeep Singh Rajput on 5/24/2020
i think my decision of choosing udemy as a elearning platform is right the way of explaining is really good and the couse content is also really good .each and everthing is coverd in this course as i expected
By Amar Sahebrao Pawar on 5/23/2020
very good explination
By Eric Ramirez on 5/20/2020
This course was very easy to understand. Definitely getting the personal finance course next
By Tanuj Todi on 5/17/2020
The facilitator was very good with concepts
By Anene Refiner on 5/16/2020
It was great and insightful.
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Overall Score : 80 / 100









