Financia Basics

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Build your confidence in financial literacy and increase your ability to make informed and purposeful investment decisions by reading our Financial Basics flashcards: a series of financial terms to help you bust the financial jargon.

You’ll also find insightful financial articles, podcasts and media in our Great Reads and Listens posts.

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Jul 27, 2022
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FINANCIAL BASICS: LIQUIDITY RATIOS

Let’s look at how the financial statements and ratios can help us to see whether a company can easily convert their assets into cash or...

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Jul 27, 2022
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FINANCIAL BASICS: EFFICIENCY RATIOS

Efficiency ratios tell us how efficiently a company performs its day-to-day operations. They can answer questions like: “Is my business...

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Jul 27, 2022
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FINANCIAL BASICS: PROFITABILITY RATIOS

An important use of ratios is to assess a company’s profitability. Ratios that perform that function are called Profitability Ratios....

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Jul 27, 2022
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FINANCIAL BASICS: FINANCIAL RATIOS

Financial statements are quite tricky to read and often don’t tell us much in isolation. However, they can reveal more information than...

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Jul 27, 2022
1 min

FINANCIAL BASICS: BOND YIELD

Bond yield is simply the rate of return received from investing in a bond. There is a simple version of yield, and a broader version. The...

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Jul 27, 2022
1 min

FINANCIAL BASICS: BONDS

Recall that a company can raise funds via either debt or equity. Let's say a company decides to borrow money and goes to the bank for a...

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