HSK 805 - Financial Literacy

Course Description

Finance plays a pivotal role in any strategic decision-making process. From managing cash flow for day-to-day operations to assessing long-term investment opportunities, sound financial decisions have a direct impact on an organization’s growth and success.

Our Financial Literacy program is designed to help you build your financial acumen by providing a deeper understanding of financial statement components. Learn to analyze this information to assess the performance of organizations, and the key factors used in making investment decisions.

Course Details

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this program, you will:

• Communicate more effectively with executives in their organization
• Build their financial vocabulary to better understand and interpret key financial statements
• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of their competitors more effectively by analyzing their financial statements
• Apply techniques used by market participants to value stocks and bonds
• Understand the decision criteria used when companies make investment decisions
• Develop their own approach to maximize returns through strategic resource allocation

WHO WILL BENEFIT

You will benefit from this learning experience, if you are interested in exploring the following questions:

• How does the market evaluate companies and determine stock prices?
• How can I examine the relationships between items shown on financial statements through ratio analysis?
• How can I use ratio analysis to compare the performance of companies?
• What are the key factors that we need to consider when making investment decisions?