Using Excel for financial modeling
Hi there, I'm Mike McDonald. I'm a professor of finance, a frequent consultant to industry, and a Wall Street veteran. In this course on financial modeling, I want to show you how to build financial models for use in corporate finance investments and banking. We're going to learn how to do financial forecasts in a model to understand where a firm is headed in the future. We're also going to see how we can evaluate financial models to answer important questions for the firm. Finally, we're going to learn how to update our models to make them easier to read, avoid problems like circular references, and build in advanced tools like scenario analysis. All of this will be done through the lens of Excel, the key tool in finance. there are exercise files available for the course that'll enrich your learning. So if you're ready to start on your way towards a model future in finance, then come with me, and let's begin.