Finance

About 4 in 10 U.S. adults could not cover an unexpected $400 expense, according to a 2020 Federal Reserve report, and this resource shows students how to avoid becoming one of them. It builds financial literacy by connecting the financial system, the time value of money, banking, credit, investing, retirement, real estate, and insurance to the decisions people actually make. Students create budgets and personal financial statements, learn to understand and manage risk, and examine the psychology behind common money mistakes through behavioral finance. They finish with the vocabulary and confidence to manage cash flow, set goals, and plan for the future.

Excel is the everyday tool of finance careers, and this module teaches students to use it for real financial analysis. Each lesson pairs instruction and examples with a hands-on assignment that is scored automatically, with immediate feedback. Students apply Excel to financial statements, ratio analysis, forecasting, and the time value of money, then to bond and stock valuation, risk and return, cost of capital, leverage, capital budgeting, and firm valuation. They finish with practical spreadsheet skills they can use in any finance-related career.

Not every student walks into a finance class excited, and this resource is written for both finance majors and non-majors, with a focus on applying concepts to everyday life. It lays the foundation for all of finance, introducing the subfields and careers and how finance fits into business management. Students build core skills in financial statement and ratio analysis, forecasting, and the time value of money, then learn to value bonds, stocks, and whole firms. They examine risk and return, cost of capital, leverage, and capital budgeting, and they apply what they learn to entrepreneurial finance, personal finance, and microfinance. Students finish with the financial analysis skills to make better decisions in the business environment and in their own lives.

Finance and technology are now inseparable, and the industry needs professionals who can work with both data and code. This resource teaches students to do that, learning Python in a strategic way tailored to finance. Students start with core finance concepts: securities, financial markets, trading, returns, and the goal of the firm. They build Python skills from variables and flow control through DataFrames, then use them to analyze data with statistics and visualizations. From there they apply Python to the time value of money, debt and equity securities, risk and the CAPM, cost of capital, financial forecasting, and firm valuation, working through case studies along the way. Students finish ready to solve real finance problems with code.

At its core, finance is the analytics that support decision-making, and this resource teaches students how to use them. Students begin with financial statements and ratio analysis, then learn the time value of money and how to value debt and equity securities. They go on to examine risk and the CAPM, cost of capital, financial forecasting, capital budgeting, capital structure, and working capital management, and finish with firm valuation, government regulation, and global financial management. The resource gives students the financial analysis skills that support organizational decisions and strategy.

Finance is learned best by doing, and this resource lets majors and non-majors do it in Excel. It lays the foundation for all of finance, from financial statements, ratio analysis, and forecasting to the time value of money and the valuation of bonds, stocks, and whole firms. Students examine risk and return, cost of capital, leverage, and capital budgeting, and they apply their learning to entrepreneurial finance, personal finance, and microfinance. Hands-on Excel assignments are scored automatically, with immediate feedback, so students build financial analysis skills and spreadsheet fluency at the same time. They leave ready to make better decisions in the business environment and in their own lives.

Finance can feel like a foreign language, and terminology is one of the most common sources of frustration for students. This resource gets students ready before they start an undergraduate finance course. Students learn the essential vocabulary, from the three major financial statements and basic stock terms to capital structure, payout policy, and common finance acronyms. They then build confidence with the math, statistics, and calculations used in finance. Students arrive in class ready to learn finance instead of struggling to decode it.

Finance decisions are made in spreadsheets, so this resource teaches finance where it happens: in Excel. Students work through case studies that build core corporate finance knowledge, covering financial statements, ratio analysis, the time value of money, debt and equity securities, risk and the CAPM, cost of capital, forecasting, capital budgeting, capital structure, working capital management, and firm valuation. They finish with government regulation and global financial management, applying each concept with hands-on Excel work. Students leave ready to meet and set financial goals, optimize investment returns, and create value using the tool they will rely on throughout their careers.

Finance has been called the language of business, and this resource helps students become fluent, whether they are finance majors or taking it for another reason. Written to be clear, concise, and easy to read, it starts with the six parts of the financial system, the principles of money and banking, and how money, income, and the Consumer Price Index are measured. Students then work through the time value of money, interest rates, and risk, and the instruments that keep markets running: bonds, equities, derivatives, options, and cryptocurrencies. They finish with international finance and foreign exchange, financial intermediation, and the structure of the financial industry, gaining the intuition behind how markets and institutions actually work.

Finance is all around us: deciding what to buy, where to get the money, and how to manage it once you have it. This resource introduces students to that world through LinkedIn Learning videos and real-life examples, with no prerequisites and no specialized knowledge required. Students study financial statements and ratio analysis, cash flows, short-term financial management, and forecasting, then explore risk and return, the CAPM, capital structure, and the cost of capital. They learn how securities markets and financial institutions work, master the time value of money and capital budgeting with NPV and IRR, and finish by valuing companies using price multiples and discounted cash flow analysis. Students leave with a broad, practical understanding of finance as it exists in the real world.