The Complete Financial Analyst Training & Investing Course

Wishlist Share
Share Course
Page Link
Share On Social Media

About Course

Become a Financial Analyst with this comprehensive online course. Learn from an award-winning professor and experienced finance professional, Chris Haroun. This course covers everything you need to know about financial analysis, from the basics of valuation and financial modeling to advanced topics like investment banking and hedge fund management. You will gain valuable skills and knowledge, including:

  • Stock picking and analysis
  • Advanced Excel skills for financial analysts
  • Portfolio management and risk management
  • Valuation methodologies, including P/E, P/R, and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
  • Financial modeling and creating financial statements
  • Monetary and fiscal policy
  • Technical analysis and understanding market trends
  • Venture capital and hedge fund investment strategies
  • In-depth understanding of different finance roles and career paths

This course includes real-world case studies, practical exercises, and interactive learning modules. It is designed to give you the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in the finance industry. The course is completely FREE and accessible from Udemy, Udacity, Coursera, MasterClass, NearPeer, and other popular platforms. Enroll now and start your journey to becoming a successful financial analyst!

Show More

What Will You Learn?

  • 22+ hour complete financial analyst course!
  • #1 Best Selling Investing Course on Udemy!
  • How to pick stocks.
  • Become an expert in Excel for financial analysts (no prior Excel knowledge is required).
  • How to manage a portfolio.
  • How an IPO works.
  • How to build financial models.
  • How to get hired and promoted as a financial analyst.
  • How risk management works.
  • How to use technical analysis.
  • How to value companies.
  • Use and create Excel based templates developed by Chris to help you create financial statements from scratch (meaning income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements and more).
  • Use and create Excel based templates developed by Chris to help you value companies using several different valuation methodologies, including P/E, P/R and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF).
  • Use and create Excel based templates developed by Chris to help you manage a portfolio.
  • How Monetary Policy works.
  • How Fiscal Policy works.
  • How interest rates are changed and why this is crucial to understand for successful financial analysts.
  • How to pitch long and short ideas to portfolio managers.
  • How to find great venture capital investment ideas.
  • How to come up with mutual fund investment ideas (longs - meaning buys) using an easy to understand top down and bottoms up research process.
  • How to come up with hedge fund investment ideas (longs and shorts) using an easy to understand top down and bottoms up research process.
  • Identify crucial catalysts (timed events) in order to know when the optimal time is to buy or short a stock.
  • Understand how investment banks (the 'Sell Side') can help you be more successful in a hedge fund or mutual fund career.
  • Analyze and understand an income statement (even if you have no experience with income statements).
  • Analyze and understand a balance sheet (even if you have no experience with balance sheets).
  • Analyze and understand a cash flow statement (even if you have no experience with cash flow statements).
  • Understand and use modeling best practices so you can create financial models.
  • Know where to get data in order to build a financial model (in depth understanding of identifying and using/navigating the best free websites and sources to build your financial model)!
  • Create a financial model (projecting the future) for an income statement.
  • Other valuation methodologies, including EV/Sales, EV/EBITDA, P/B, EV/FCF, etc.
  • Create a financial model (projecting the future) for a balance sheet.
  • Create a financial model (projecting the future) for a cash flow statement.
  • Understand valuation best practices so you can create target prices based on your financial models.
  • How to use Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and how to create the Weighted Average Cost of Capital and Terminal values in order to pick target prices.
  • How to use P/E in order to pick target prices.
  • How to use P/R in order to pick target prices.
  • Come up with a target price based on an average of several different valuation methodologies.
  • Learn about 14 different Financial Analyst jobs and how they overlap and work together (including Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Private Wealth Management etc.).
  • Investment Banking: Understand from a high level perspective what an Investment Bank is as well as what the role/job is of an Investment Banking Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Venture Capital: Understand from a high level perspective what a Venture Capital firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Venture Capital Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Private Equity: Understand from a high level perspective what a Private Equity firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Private Equity Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Private Wealth Management: Understand from a high level perspective what a Private Wealth Management firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Private Wealth Management Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Sell Side Research Analyst: Understand from a high level perspective what a Sell Side Research Analyst’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Sell Side Research Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Sales Trader: Understand from a high level perspective what a Sales Trader’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Sales Trader Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Buy Side Trader: Understand from a high level perspective what a Buy Side Trader’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Buy Side Trader Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Mutual Fund: Understand from a high level perspective what a Mutual Fund is as well as what the role/job is of a Mutual Fund Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Sell Side Trader: Understand from a high level perspective what a Sell Side Trader’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Sell Side Trader Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Large Non Finance Company: Understand from a high level perspective what a Large Non Finance Company firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Large Non Finance Company Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Equity Capital Markets: Understand from a high level perspective what an Equity Capital Markets’ firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Equity Capital Markets Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Hedge Fund: Understand from a high level perspective what a Hedge Fund is as well as what the role/job is of a Hedge Fund Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Equity Sales: Understand from a high level perspective what an Equity Sales’ firm is as well as what the role/job is of an Equity Sales Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Tech / Artificial Intelligence: Understand from a high level perspective what a Tech / Artificial Intelligence’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Tech / Artificial Intelligence Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
  • Learn what finance role you are most passionate about pursuing.

Course Content

Course Introduction How to Take this Course

  • A Message from the Professor
  • – Please Find Attached Your Portfolio Dashboard 7 Steps to Modeling Spreadsheets
    01:18
  • – Introduction and How to Take this Course
    14:22
  • – Quick Access Index of Topics in this Course
    00:18
  • – Overview of Different Financial Analyst Roles and How They Work Together
    03:46
  • – What Are the Major Differences Between the Different Financial Analyst Roles
    11:27
  • – What Are the Pros and Cons of Working as a Financial Analyst
    03:31

Optional Exercise Decide What Financial Analyst Role Interests You the Most

Global Macroeconomics How the World of Finance Works Excel Part 14 The IMF

Global Economics Excel Part 24 The World Bank and Inflation

Global Econ Excel Part 34 Currencies Monetary Policy and Interest Rates

Global Econ Excel Part 44 Fiscal Policy WTO Monopolies Bitcoin More

Foundations Introducing Portfolio Management Investment Excel Dashboard

Investment Banking Part 1 Introduction Mergers Acquisitions and the IPO

Investment Banking Part 2 Getting Hired Promoted Pros Cons and Much More

Stock Markets Portfolio Management Part 1 Learn by Doing Excel Exercises

Stock Markets Portfolio Management Part 2 Learn by Doing Excel Exercises

Stock Markets Portfolio Management Part 3 Learn by Doing Excel Exercises

Stock Markets Portfolio Management Part 4 Learn by Doing Excel Exercises

Creating Your Portfolio Management Investment Analysis Excel Dashboard Part 1

Creating Your Portfolio Management Investment Analysis Excel Dashboard Part 2

Sell Side Equity Research Part 1 What is it How they Research Investments

Sell Side Equity Research Part 2 Getting Promoted Hired Politics More

Surprise Compliance Emergency Lecture Please take Compliance Very Seriously

Venture Capital Part 1 Introduction Coming Up with Ideas Beating Other VCs

Venture Capital Part 2 Getting Promoted Hired Pros Cons Politics in VC etc

Buy Side Part 1 Hedge Funds Short Positions Opposite of Owning a Stock

Buy Side Part 2 Mutual Funds Longer Term Investing Unlike Most Hedgies

Buy Side Part 3 What is a Buy Side Research Process

Buy Side Part 4 Catalysts Meaning the Reason to Invest as Timing is Crucial

Buy Side Part 5 Coming Up with Hedge Fund ShorterTerm Investment Ideas

Trading Technical Analysis and Trader and Other Financial Analyst Roles

Buy Side Part 6 Coming Up with Mutual Fund Longer Term Investment Ideas

Buy Side Part 7 Buy Side Interview

Buy Side Part 8 Keeping Your Boss Portfolio Manager Happy a Hedge Fund

Buy Side Part 9 Keeping Your Boss Portfolio Manager Happy at a Mutual Fund

Buy Side Part 10 Beta Getting Promoted from Analyst to Port M Hedge fund

Buy Side Part 11 Getting Promoted from Analyst to PM Mutual Fund

Equity Sales Financial Analyst Role Part of an Investment Bank

Equity Capital Markets ECM Financial Analyst Role Part of an Investment Bank

Computer Artificial Intelligence Financial Analyst Role

Private Equity Financial Analyst Role

Private Wealth Management

Large NonFinance Company Financial Analyst Role

Introduction to Creating Financials Modeling and Valuing Companies

Forecasting Revenue and Case Study 1 Projecting Shark VRs Revenue

Intro to the Income Statement Case 2 Making Shark VRs Income Statement

Intro to the Balance Sheet Case 3 Making Shark VRs Balance Sheet

Intro to the Cash Flow Statement Case 4 Making Shark VRs CF Statement

Financial Model Data Sources and Financial Models

The IPO of Shark Virtual Reality Part 1 Case 5 Modeling Shark VR

Intro to Valuation for All Types of Investors including Growth Value I

Valuation Using DCF Case 6 Valuing Shark VR Using DCF

Valuation Using PriceRevenue PR Case 7 Valuing Shark VR Using PR

Valuation Using PE Other Ways to Value Firms Case 8 Valuing S

The IPO of Shark Virtual Reality Part 2 Valuing Shark VR HOW DID THE DEAL DO

How Hedge Funds Mutual Funds Model and Value Shark VR Case 9 and 10

Ethics Compliance Stay Out of Jail

HOSTILE TAKEOVER ALERT Course Conclusion Wow

Earn a certificate

Add this certificate to your resume to demonstrate your skills & increase your chances of getting noticed.

selected template

Student Ratings & Reviews

No Review Yet
No Review Yet

Want to receive push notifications for all major on-site activities?

×