BAF-BSN8404 - The Analysis and Valuation of Stocks

Course Description

This comprehensive course is designed to provide you with conventional and advanced techniques in researching and valuing stocks. Starting off with the basics, you will learn how to read financial statements and calculate financial ratios, and then move on to perform industrial comparisons, value stocks, and conduct economic and industrial research.

The course is taught in a manner that uses everyday language, simple yet insightful analogies, and a just the facts attitude that you will understand and appreciate. By the end of this course, you will have a strong foundation in the analysis and valuation of stocks.

Course Outline

1. Lesson 01 - Introduction and Welcome
2. Lesson 02 - Introduction to Annual and Quarterly Reports
3. Lesson 03 - Financial Statements - Part I
4. Lesson 04 - Financial Statements - Part II
5. Lesson 05 - Financial Ratios - Part I
6. Lesson 06 - Financial Ratios - Part II
7. Lesson 07 - Case Studies and Industrial Comparisons
8. Lesson 08 - The Value of a Stock
9. Lesson 09 - Valuation Techniques
10. Lesson 10 - Economics and the Outside Environment
11. Lesson 11 - Researching Resources
12. Lesson 12 - Hodgepodge

Learner Outcomes

• Read financial statements
• Calculate financial ratios
• Perform industrial comparisons, value stocks, and conduct economic and industrial research.

Notes

This is an asynchronous online course offered through the third party vendor ed2go. This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook. The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. There are twelve lessons in the course, and two lessons are released each week on Wednesdays and Fridays. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its release. The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete all of your course work, including the final exam.