This personal financial management course provides essential knowledge on managing your finances effectively. You'll learn key concepts such as savings vs. investments, insurance basics, debt management, and strategies for reducing financial burdens. The course will guide you through understanding personal finance fundamentals, helping you make informed decisions about your money.You will also explore financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, to help you evaluate your financial health. Key topics such as budgeting, financial planning, and taxation will equip you with the skills to set financial goals, create budgets, and plan for major life events. By the end of this Free Personal finance course, you'll have the practical tools needed to manage your personal finances, reduce debt, and create a solid foundation for financial security.
What you'll learn
"Overview of Finance
Introduction to Personal Finance
Financial Statements
Time Value of Money
Budgeting and Financial Planning
Fundamentals of Savings and Investment Basics
Stock Market and Investing
Managing Personal Finance
Syllabus 4
Introduction to Personal Finance
This module provides an overview of finance, including personal finance definition, savings vs. investments, insurance fundamentals, and debt management with reduction strategies.
Understanding the Financial Statement
In this module, you will learn about financial statements, assets, liabilities, balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and tools for financial statement analysis.
Budgeting and Financial Planning
This module covers crucial topics, including budgeting, the time value of money, present and future value concepts, personal budgeting, the significance of financial budgets, and financial goal setting, along with planning for major life events.
Fundamentals of Taxation
This module centers on income tax key terminologies, including assessment year, previous year, financial year, assessee, and person, as well as the differentiation between types of taxes such as direct tax and indirect tax.
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
Free, short, with a free certificate.
Made in India, with examples Indian students will recognise.
Free certificate when you finish.
Completely free.
Self-paced: start any time.
A clear syllabus (4 parts) you can see before you start.
Disadvantages
Introductory; the certificate carries little weight with employers.
Expect follow-up calls and emails about paid programs.
Some points apply to every course of this kind; see how we rank.
Free, with a free certificate
Free: Sign up with your email or phone to watch.
Certificate: Free when you finish the videos and quiz.
Taught by
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