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Overview
Description of practices today and analysis of prospects for the future. Introduction to risk management and behavioral finance principles to understand the real-world functioning of securities, insurance, and banking industries.
The ultimate goal of this Financial Markets offered by Coursera in partnership with Yale is using such industries effectively and towards a better society.
Skills you'll gain
- Finance
- Risk Management
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Innovation
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Dive into some details of behavioral finance, forecasting, pricing, debt, and inflation.
- Stocks, bonds, dividends, shares, market caps; what are these? Who needs them? Why? Module 3 explores these concepts, along with corporation basics and some basic financial markets history.
- Take a look into the recent past, exploring recessions, bubbles, the mortgage crisis, and regulation.
- Options and bond markets are explored in module 5, important components of financial markets.
- In module 6, Professor Shiller introduces investment banking, underwriting processes, brokers, dealers, exchanges, and new innovations in financial markets.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 21 days
- 10 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Mountain View, United States
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Beginner level
- No prior experience required
Tuition Fees
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Additional Details
- This short course is included with Coursera Plus subscription
Funding
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