Analysis, Budgeting, and Risk Management

Evaluate investments, manage financial risk, build operating budgets, and guide capital allocation decisions. In this course, you’ll develop the analytical skills financial analysts use to support strategic and risk-aware business decisions. You’ll differentiate asset classes such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs, and assess their risk and liquidity characteristics. You’ll calculate Value at Risk (VaR) using historical simulation methods and apply risk matrices to evaluate market, operational, and regulatory exposure. You’ll also create operating budgets using inflation adjustments an…