This course explores how individuals, organizations and governments interact in economic activities. It explains important concepts such as supply and demand, micro- and macro-economics and international trade. A supplier is an individual or a company that sells a good or a service for profit. Demand indicates a group of consumers or buyers of such a good or service. Micro-economics covers supply and demand topics within a country or an industry. Macro-economics relates to a country's financial data such as gross national product or balance of payments. International trade explains how companies or countries conduct business in the global marketplace.
This course teaches students fundamental accounting concepts such as debit and credit, types of accounts or financial statements and generally accepted accounting principles. There are five types of accounts in financial reporting: asset, liability, expense, revenue and equity. Financial reports include a balance sheet, a statement of profit and loss, a statement of cash flows and a statement of stockholders' equity.
This course explores various techniques accountants, securities analysts, portfolio managers and investors use to evaluate a firm's financial data. This course also teaches students how financial statements are inter-related to each other (e.g., relationship between balance sheet and income statement items) and tools or methodologies to detect operating trends in financial records.
This course builds upon "Accounting Fundamentals" and "Financial Statement Analysis" courses to teach students major sections of quarterly and annual statements that a company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other industry regulators.
This course explores global and domestic capital markets and focuses on the variety of investors participating in such markets and types of securities they exchange. Students learn about various financial products, such as equities, fixed-income instruments, bonds, put and call options, currencies, swaps, futures and commodities. Students also learn about electronic over-the-counter (OTC) and physical exchanges as well as market participants, such as banks, hedge funds, mutual funds, proprietary traders and private equity firms.
This course explores mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal techniques as well as goals that investors pursue in buying, selling or merging with other companies. Students learn how investment bankers value companies involved in M&A deals, how they market deals to potential investors and how M&A firms compensate investment bankers.