Financial Analysis Through Real Learning
We run a six-month cohort starting October 2025 where you'll work with actual Vietnamese company data. Not theoretical stuff. Real balance sheets, real market conditions, real comparative methods.
Apply for October CohortHow We Actually Teach Comparative Analysis
Most programs teach you formulas and call it done. We spend time on context — why Vietnamese manufacturing companies structure debt differently than tech startups, or why certain sectors in Gia Lai report seasonality patterns you won't find in textbooks.
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Case-Based Method
Every week you get two anonymized companies from the same sector. Your job? Figure out which one's managing capital better and why. Sometimes it's obvious. Sometimes it takes digging through cash flow footnotes for hours.
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Small Cohorts
We cap enrollment at 18 people. This isn't a scalability thing — it's because larger groups can't have real discussions about judgment calls. And comparative analysis is mostly judgment.
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Industry Context First
Before touching ratios, we spend two weeks on how Vietnamese industries actually work. Supply chains, regulatory patterns, customer payment cycles. Numbers mean nothing without this.
What Changed for Past Participants
Three people from our March 2025 cohort agreed to share their experience. These are their words, not ours.
Duc Tran
Credit Analyst
"I was making lending decisions based mostly on relationship comfort. Now I can actually defend my risk assessment with numbers. Still nervous about big calls, but at least I know what I'm looking at."
Linh Nguyen
Operations Manager
"The part about working capital cycles finally clicked for me in week four. Took three case studies and one argument with another student, but I get why our cash position looks weird now."
Hoa Pham
Investment Analyst
"I'm not suddenly brilliant at this. But I stopped feeling stupid when senior analysts throw around terms. I can follow the conversation now and occasionally add something useful."
October 2025 Program Structure
Months 1-2
Foundation Work
Reading financial statements without panicking. Understanding what different line items actually mean in Vietnamese business context. Weekly assignments that take 4-6 hours.
Months 3-4
Comparative Methods
This is where it gets harder. You'll compare peer companies, build ratio frameworks, start seeing patterns. Some people hit a wall here. Office hours help.
Months 5-6
Applied Analysis
Final project uses real company data. You pick the sector, build your comp set, write up your analysis. We grade based on reasoning quality, not whether you picked the "right" answer.
Where Financial Analysis Is Actually Going
We adjust program content every six months based on what's changing in Vietnamese markets. Here's what we're seeing right now and how it affects what we teach.
Data Quality Problems
More companies are public, but reporting standards vary wildly. You can't just plug numbers into formulas anymore. Need to assess quality first.
By 2026, analysts who can spot reporting red flags will have an edge. We're adding a whole module on this for the October cohort.
Cross-Border Complexity
Vietnamese companies increasingly have operations in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand. Makes comp analysis messier when you're dealing with multiple regulatory environments.
Regional analysis skills matter more now. We're partnering with analysts in neighboring markets to add perspective.
Speed Expectations
Decision timelines keep shrinking. Nobody has three weeks to research anymore. Quick comparative screens are becoming essential first-pass tools.
Learning to build rapid assessment frameworks without sacrificing accuracy — that's the skill gap we see most often in interviews.
Sector Specialization
Generalist analysts still exist, but firms increasingly want depth in specific sectors. Manufacturing finance looks nothing like tech finance.
Our curriculum now includes optional sector deep-dives in the final month. Pick one industry and really understand its financial patterns.