Finance 101: Financial Skills for the Real World

Master basic finance principles in hours. Learn to analyze investments, understand cash flows, and enhance your financial decision-making skills effectively.

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Brief Summary

This Finance 101 course simplifies finance basics over just a couple of hours. You'll discover key concepts like cash flows, time value of money, and interest rates, empowering you to make smarter financial decisions that can boost your net worth.

Key Points

  • Basic finance calculations impact daily life
  • Comparison of investments is crucial
  • Time value of money explained
  • Understanding cash flows is essential
  • Differentiate between fixed and variable interest rates

Learning Outcomes

  • Calculate cash flows effectively
  • Understand the time value of money
  • Compare different investments confidently
  • Differentiate between fixed and variable interest rates
  • Calculate IRR, NPV, and more

About This Course

Understand and Learn How to Apply the Core Principles of Finance in a Couple of Hours

Welcome to our Finance 101 course!

Most people don't realize how basic finance calculations play a major role in their life:

  • the ability to compare two investments

  • the understanding of how the timing of cash flows impacts rates of return

  • the preparation necessary to negotiate an advantageous mortgage or loan rate

At the end of the day, all of these decisions shape the amount of money you will find in your bank account. And because money accumulates over time, potential inefficiencies can have a greater impact in the future.

On the other hand, educated financial decision making goes a long way and could easily play a major role determining your net worth in the years to come.

In this course, we will start from the very basics. The lessons are suitable for those of you who have not studied finance in university or during an MBA course.

We'll cover the following fundamental topics:

  • calculating cash flows

  • recognizing the time value of money

  • building blocks of interest rates

  • comparing different investments

  • understanding annuities

  • compounding interest

  • understanding what is the difference between monthly and annual interest rate

  • calculating IRR, NPV, and many more

The course contains plenty of useful resources such as course notes, quiz questions, practical exercises, and a vibrant Q&A section where you can contact the course tutor and ask questions.

Sign up for the course today and make sure you are in control of your financial future!

  • Understand the time value of money

  • Learn about the components that form interest rates

  • Make the distinction between fixed and variable interest rates

Course Curriculum

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365 Careers is the #1 best-selling provider of business, finance, and data science courses on Udemy. The company’s courses have been taken by more than 3,100,000 students in 210 countries. People working at world-class firms like Apple, PayPal, and Citibank have completed 365 Careers trainings.    Currently, 365 focuses on the following topics on Udemy:    1) Finance – Finance fundamentals, Financial...

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Artemio M.
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Alexander I.
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9 months ago

Easy to understanding, engaging, and informative.

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Anyamalem E. F.
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10 months ago

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Bitna K.
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11 months ago

It's impossible to get an clear answer!

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Kevin M.
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Guy S.
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1 year ago

Great simple examples and very clear!

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Justin B.
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1 year ago

I am enjoying the course so far. It's taught me things about money that I had not known about before.

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Somduttya S.
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1 year ago

His spoken language is not understood.

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Maria G. F. S.
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Sai S. W. B.
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1 year ago

Nice content for the students who want to pursue their career in the financial sector, and also the method of teaching is very clear and understandable using beautiful illustrations to enhance the zeal in the students to learn more.

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