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L'analyse financière est un préalable à de nombreuses décisions dans la vie d'une entreprise : octroi de crédits bancaires, émission d'obligations et obtention d'une notation (rating), évaluation de l'entreprise dans le cadre d'une cession ou d'une imposition (ISF), choix de financement, choix d'un niveau de dividendes, etc. L'analyse financière est une démarche intellectuelle où celui qui la pratique se pose un certain nombre de questions, va chercher et trouver des éléments de réponse en particulier dans les documents comptables de l'entreprise, afin de progresser dans sa compréhension de celle-ci et être capable in fine de porter un diagnostic pertinent sur la capacité de l'entreprise à rembourser en temps et en heure ses emprunts et à créer de la valeur pour ses actionnaires.
Financial analysis is a prerequisite for many decisions in the life of a company: bank loans, bond issues, credit rating assessment, corporate valuation within the context of selling a company or for wealth tax purpose, financing choice, level of dividend distribution, etc. Financial analysis is a process in which we will ask ourselves a series of questions, searches and finds possible answers particularly in the company’s accounting records, in order to make progress in the understanding of this company and eventually be able to appropriately assess the capability of the firm to pay its debts in due course and to create value for its shareholders.
Capital markets have taken an essential and vital part in global open economies which has been underlined by the drastic macroeconomic consequences of the global financial crisis. Thoroughly understanding how capital markets work is therefore a necessity for anyone involved in any segment of the economy or simply willing to safely invest in capital markets. However, the variety and complexity of products and businesses as well as the use of a very specific jargon can make the mechanics of capital markets very confusing.That is why this MOOC has four objectives:understanding the relationship between financial markets and the macroeconomyknowing how capital markets are organized and the roles of the main key playersgrasping the mechanics of key financial products: stocks, bonds, optionsmaking informed investment decisions