Course curriculum

    1. 211 Earnings Per Share & Gross Profit

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    2. 214 Operating Income

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    3. 215 Income Statement Account Order

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    4. 216 Make an Income Statement

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    5. 218 Make an Income Statement Including Earning Per Share

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    6. 220 Income Statement with Expense Unknown & Tax & Interest Expense Calculations

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    7. 223 Balance Sheet Current Noncurrent Classification

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    8. 224 Balance Sheet & Income Statement Classification

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    9. 225 Balance Sheet Alternative Formats

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    10. 226 Increase in Retained Earnings & Earnings Per Share

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    11. 227 Retained Earnings & Earnings Per Share

    12. 228 Earning Per Share & Price to Earnings Ratio

    13. 230 Cash Flow Based on Account Activity

    14. 231 Depreciation and Cash Flow Statement

    15. 232 Free Cash Flow

    16. 233 Book Value Per Share

    17. 234 Book Value Per Share Earnings Per Share PE Ratio

    18. 235 Book Value Per Share Earnings Per Share PE Ratio # 2

    19. 237 Financial Statements Creation

    20. 238 Statement of Cash Flows

    1. 305 Ratio Analysis Introduction

    2. 315 DuPont System of Analysis

    1. 311 Profit Margin Percent

    2. 312 Return on Investment (ROI)

    3. 313 Return on Assets, Total Asset Turnover, & Profit Margin

    4. 314 Return on Investment, Total Asset Turnover, & Profit Margin

    5. 315 Profit Margin Two Years Comparison & Income Statement

    6. 317 Expense to Sales Ratios

    7. 318 Return on Assets, Return on Equity, & Asset Turnover

    8. 325 Total Asset Turnover & Return on Equity-More Complex Relationships

    9. 326 Total Asset Turnover, Return on Equity, & Profit Margin

    10. 327 Return on Equity & Other Ratios Two Company Comparison

    11. 328 Average AR Collection Period

    12. 331 Turnover Ratios Two Year Comparison

    13. 332 Multiple Ratio Calculations

    14. 333 Times Interest Earned & Fixed Charge Coverage

    15. 337 Asset Turnover & Return on Equity Trend Analysis

    16. 338 Asset Turnover & Debt to Asset Compared to Industry

    17. 339 Net Profit Margin & ROA Division Comparison

    18. 342 Ratios to Create Current Assets Portion of Balance Sheet

    19. 343 Use Ratios to Create a Balance Sheet

    20. 344 Use Ratios to Create Account Balances

    21. 346 Comprehensive Ratio Analysis

    22. 347 P1 Comprehensive Ratio – Two Companies Part 1

    23. 347 P2 Comprehensive Ratio – Two Companies Part 2

About this course

  • $49.99
  • 666 lessons
  • 163 hours of video content

Description

We will learn how to read financial statements and how to use them for decision making.

A primary tool we will use is ratio analysis. Ratio analysis is a very useful skill in a wide area of topics, and financial analysis is a great place to learn the skill.

Ratios are necessary when measuring performance, including most any job performance. For example, we must apply ratio analysis when measuring the job performance of sports athletes. Similar ratio analysis will apply to most any job performance, and also apply to the performance of corporations.

Once we analyze the past performance of a corporation, we can use this knowledge to predict future performance, helping us make decisions about the company, whether those decisions be investment-related, creditor related, or managerial.

This course will include many example problems using both a presentation format and a spreadsheet format.

Corporate finance is a wonderful tool to learn, improve, and practice Excel or Google Sheets spreadsheet skills. Every spreadsheet practice problem will include a downloadable Excel file, that can be opened with Google Sheets, containing at least two tabs, one with the answer, the other with a preformatted worksheet to be filled in along with a step by step instructional video.

Robert (Bob) Steele CPA CGMA CPI MStax

Instructor

Through working with students from many different schools, Mr. Steele has learned best practices for helping people understand accounting fast. Learning new skills and finding the best way to share knowledge with people who can benefit from it is a passion of his.

Mr. Steele has experience working as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an accounting and business instructor, and curriculum developer. He has enjoyed putting together quality tools to improve learning and has been teaching, making instructional resources, and building curriculum since 2009. He has been a practicing CPA since 2005. Mr. Steele is a practicing CPA, has a Certified Post-Secondary Instructor (CPI) credential, a Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting from The University of California Santa Barbara, and a Global Management Accounting Designation (CGMA) from The American Institute of CPA (AICPA).

Mr. Steele has also authored five books that can be found on Amazon or in audiobook format on Audible. He has developed bestselling courses in accounting topics including financial accounting and QuickBooks accounting software.

In addition to working as an accountant, teaching, and developing courses Mr. Steele has helped create an accounting website at accountinginstruction, a YouTube channel called Accounting Instruction, Help, and How Too, and has developed supplemental resources including a Facebook Page, Twitter Page, and Podcasts that can be found on I-tunes, Stitcher, or Soundcloud. Mr. Steele’s teaching philosophy is to make content applicable, understandable, and accessible.

Adult learners are looking for application when they learn new skills. In other words, learners want to be able to apply skills in the real world to help their lives. Mr. Steele’s formal accounting education, practical work experience, and substantial teaching experience allow him to create a curriculum that combines traditional accounting education with practical knowledge and application. He accomplishes the goals of making accounting useful and applicable by combining theory with real-world software like Excel and QuickBooks.

Many courses teach QuickBooks data entry or Excel functions but are not providing the real value learners want. Real value is a result of learning technical skills like applications, in conjunction with specific goals, like accounting goals, including being able to interpret the performance of a business.

Mr. Steele makes knowledge understandable by breaking down complex concepts into smaller units with specific objectives and using step by step learning processes to understand each unit. Many accounting textbooks cram way too much information into a course, making it impossible to understand any unit fully. By breaking the content down into digestible chunks, we can move forward much faster.

Mr. Steele also makes use of color association in both presentations and Excel worksheets, a learning tool often overlooked in the accounting field, but one that can vastly improve the speed and comprehension of learning accounting concepts.

The material is also made understandable through the application of concepts learned. Courses will typically demonstrate the accounting concepts and then provide an Excel worksheet or practice problems to work through the concepts covered. The practice problems will be accompanied by an instructional video to work through the problem in step by step format. Excel worksheets will be preformatted, usually including an answer tab that shows the completed problem, and a practice tab where learners can complete the problem along with a step by step presentation video.

Mr. Steele makes learning accounting accessible by making use of technology and partnering with teaching platforms that have a vision of spreading knowledge.