How to Read Financial Statements: Analysis - Apple Inc.
What you'll learn
- How to ‘Read, Interpret and Understand’ Public Company Financial Information
- Understand the details of Apple Inc.’s annual Financial Statements from their Form-10K filing
- ‘Fast Track’ and identify the ‘Most Important’ Financial Accounting Information
- ‘Skip the Theory’ and learn ‘What to look for’ on the Financial Statements
Requirements
- None
Description
“Learning Financial Statements is like learning how to drive a car. At first, you don’t know what to look for since there is a lot of information competing for your attention. But once you learn the foundation and you know what to look for, it’s a life-long skill which you will not forget.
I look at this course as an investment in yourself.”
- Aubrey Apolinario
In this course, we will cover the following topics:
• ‘Why’ Financial Statement are important
• Learn how to interpret the ‘Face’ of Apple Inc.’s Financial Statements which includes the following:
• Balance Sheet
• Profit & Loss (P&L) Statement
• Cash Flow Statement
• Equity Statement
• Breakdown and comprehend the ‘Notes’ to Apple Inc.’s Consolidated Financial Statements
Who this course is for:
- Students – Business, Accounting, Finance & Commerce students
- Professionals - Accountants, Analysts, Managers and Investors
- Anyone that is interested in ‘learning a new skill’ – No prior knowledge of Accounting or Finance is required
- Anyone that wants to gain insight into Apple Inc’s financial position
Instructor
Aubrey Apolinario is currently the Director of Strategy, Planning & Analytics at Fiera Real Estate - CORE Fund. Fiera Real Estate is a leading investment management company which globally manages approximately $6 billion (USD) of commercial real estate through a range of investment funds and accounts. Fiera Real Estate is wholly owned by Fiera Capital Corporation, a leading multi-product investment-management firm with approximately $140 billion (USD) of Assets Under Management (AUM).
Prior to his current role, Aubrey was the Director of Finance & Accounting (previously Director of Fund & Asset Management Finance) at Manulife Investment Management's private markets group, with a primary focus on the third party real estate mandate with AUM of approximately $8 billion. Manulife Investment Management is the asset management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation (TSX: MFC), a publicly traded global financial institution.
Aubrey worked as the Director of Financial Reporting at Dream Office REIT (TSX: D.UN) where he managed the corporate accounting team. Dream Office REIT is a publicly traded company which at the time, was the largest pure play office REIT in Canada with approximately $7 billion of assets and over 180 office properties.
Aubrey began his career at Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”), where he obtained his Chartered Accountant designation and was part of the Assurance practice where he specialized in real estate clients. EY is a Big 4 Accounting Firm and is a Global leader in Assurance, Tax, Transaction and Advisory services.
Aubrey graduated with Distinction from the University of Toronto in 2005, while specializing in the Commerce & Finance program. A fun fact is that Aubrey's Facet 5 personality trait is a "Coach," which is why he was naturally drawn to sharing his knowledge, insights and becoming an instructor on Udemy.