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    Learn the basics of finance to manage personal and business finances. Understand financial statements, budgeting, and investment principles.

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    • A

      Alfaisal University | KLD

      المالية لغير الخبراء الماليين

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Analysis, Business Planning, Financial Statements, Cost Management, Balance Sheet, Financial Accounting, Income Statement, General Finance, Financial Management

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      75 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • S

      SoFi

      Risk Management in Personal Finance

      Skills you'll gain: Estate Planning, Insurance, Financial Planning, Asset Protection, Risk Management, Needs Assessment

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      51 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

      Evaluación de inversiones en Bienes de Capital

      Skills you'll gain: Capital Budgeting, Project Finance, Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Investment Management, Return On Investment, Financial Forecasting, Finance, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk Analysis, Cash Flows

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      455 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Interactive Brokers

      Basics Economics

      Skills you'll gain: Supply And Demand, Market Dynamics, Consumer Behaviour, Economics, Business Economics, Socioeconomics

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      University of Minnesota

      Medical Technology and Evaluation

      Skills you'll gain: Payment Systems, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Medical Equipment and Technology, Cost Benefit Analysis, Clinical Trials, Health Technology, Clinical Data Management, Financial Regulations, Program Evaluation, Pharmaceuticals, Health Policy, Risk Analysis, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Claims Processing, Health Care, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assessment, Medicare, Probability & Statistics

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      288 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      Universidad de los Andes

      ¿Cómo financiar mi empresa?

      Skills you'll gain: Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Analysis, Revenue Forecasting, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Cash Flows, Financial Statements, Cost Estimation, Financial Forecasting, Business Planning, Sales Presentations

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      278 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • F

      Fundação Instituto de Administração

      Valuation & Strategic Finance

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Cash Flows, Competitive Analysis, Financial Modeling, Investment Management, Capital Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Market Analysis

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free
      Free
      C

      Case Western Reserve University

      Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies

      Skills you'll gain: Philanthropy, Entrepreneurship, Global Marketing, Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation, New Business Development, Community Development, Economic Development, Commercialization, Mentorship, Governance, Public Policies

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      127 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • C

      Corporate Finance Institute

      Advanced Tableau

      Skills you'll gain: Star Schema, Data Modeling, Tableau Software, Business Intelligence, Extract, Transform, Load, Dashboard, Performance Tuning, Technical Analysis, Database Design, Data Visualization Software, Data Warehousing, Market Data, Data Presentation, Investment Banking, Exploratory Data Analysis, Tree Maps, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Integration, Market Analysis, Data Storytelling

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      15 reviews

      Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free
      Free
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      Coursera Project Network

      Create a Budget with Google Sheets

      Skills you'll gain: Budgeting, Data Visualization, Google Sheets, Spreadsheet Software, Presentations, Data Sharing

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      292 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Duke University

      Financial Risk Management with R

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Risk Management, Market Data, Risk Analysis, Probability Distribution, Financial Data, R Programming, Financial Modeling, Portfolio Management, Statistical Programming, Financial Analysis, Securities (Finance), Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Modeling

      Build toward a degree

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      248 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free
      Free
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      The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

      Monetary Policy in the Asia Pacific

      Skills you'll gain: Market Liquidity, Analysis, Financial Policy, Economics, International Finance, Financial Systems, Financial Market, Financial Regulation, Market Dynamics, Supply And Demand, Forecasting

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
      ·
      328 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular finance 101 courses

    • المالية لغير الخبراء الماليين: Alfaisal University | KLD
    • Risk Management in Personal Finance: SoFi
    • Evaluación de inversiones en Bienes de Capital : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    • Basics Economics: Interactive Brokers
    • Medical Technology and Evaluation: University of Minnesota
    • ¿Cómo financiar mi empresa?: Universidad de los Andes
    • Valuation & Strategic Finance: Fundação Instituto de Administração
    • Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies: Case Western Reserve University
    • Advanced Tableau: Corporate Finance Institute
    • Create a Budget with Google Sheets: Coursera Project Network

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