GRADED DISCUSSION WEEK In this final post, let’s just wrap up with a few general thoughts on the course and what you learned from the material. In your replies, just discuss the comments of your fellow students, say goodbye and offer any well-wishes! Post by classmate 1 The two research papers taught me a lot about finances. There have been a lot of headaches that has transpired through the process (COVID didn’t make it no better), but this class has cleared a little fog. These projects showed me how to gather information for the important ratios that are needed to make decisions on how liquid a company is and how to compare the finding with other companies that are in the same industry. With The Home Depot as my company choice, I learned that they are very great in their industry. Being rated number 1 globally and still have a few negative numbers in their ratios details tha
t there are risks that have to take place in order to succeed. My favorite topic in this course was the saving strategies. I love having the concept of saving money for future plans and items, due to me not wanting to use my credit card. The most challenging was and is still is bonds to me. I get the concept of a bond, but the long-term numbers and items are still a little unclear to me. What helped me through some of the head-scratchers was Investopidia.com. There were videos that explained the concepts in a more natural manner that helped me along the way. Also, the excel sheets examples that were provided in the chapters were a big help as well. My only suggestion is to have more of the excel; examples and revisit the material. There a few times that I was looking for certain topics in the folder and couldn’t find the information to help explain the process. Post by classmate 2