203F Summer 2026 Absolute Basic Financial Analysis

This class will focus on understanding the following terms used in the analysis of companies for investment purposes: price earnings ratio, the price to earnings ratio compared to growth estimates, (PEG ratio), and what cash flow is. The class will also examine how to read a Value Line company report, and list other sources of information on possible investments. This class is good preparation for attending the Investment Forum class.  

Hugh Conway received a BBA from Pace University and an MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He worked for 30 years in New York, London, Frankfurt, and Washington D.C. in bank examinations, establishing supervisory policies, creating lesson plans, and instructing at the bank examination training center in Arlington, Virginia. Hugh has been a member of OLLI Mason’s Investment Forum for 10 years.