Explores the tools necessary to analyze financial statements from both a credit grantor’s and investor’s perspective.  Course includes ratio analysis, cash flow generation measurements, liquidity, leverage profitability, and asset utilization.  Lecture 1 hour per week.

Intensive study of the equities markets and the approaches that successful investors use to pick stocks.  Topics include goal-setting and successful strategies; protecting profits and limiting losses; understanding investment risk and market psychology; stock selection techniques, stock classifications, market cycles, investment portfolio construction and diversification, tracking and measuring stock performance.   Lecture 1 hour per week.

Presents a framework of personal money management concepts, including establishing values and goals, determining sources of income, managing income, preparing a budget, developing consumer buying ability, using credit, understanding savings and insurance, providing for adequate retirement, and estate planning. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Introduces basic financial management topics including statement analysis, working capital, capital budgeting, and long-term financing. Focuses on Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return techniques, lease vs. buy analysis, and Cost of Capital computations. Uses problems and cases to enhance skills in financial planning and decision making. Lecture 3 hours per week.

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