Instructor: Laura Roden is a Professor Emeritus of Accounting & Finance at San Jose State University where she taught for 21 years before retiring to Aiken. She holds undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard University and FINRA Series 7 (securities sales), 65 (investment advisor) and 79 (investment banking) certifications. Description: This course is a short primer on how to obtain, read and understand a public company’s financial statements. Perhaps you are thinking of investing in the company, or have already invested and wonder how they’re doing, or are just curious because a friend or family member works there. While no substitute for a full college course, our two sessions should provide you with many tools and insights. Attendees are welcome to bring a device (smart phone, tablet or laptop) that can access the internet to follow along with the web searches being demonstrated during the lectures.