Introduction to Finance: The Role of Financial Markets
Completed by Grace Cochran
December 9, 2025
19 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Understand and apply the time value of money in order to value financial and real asset investments, and to make investment decisions.
Master capital allocation across time, with an ability to analyze capital budgeting problems in a firm.
Understand the basics of measuring risk and return and the trade-offs.
Understand the structure of bond market and stock market.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Investments
- Category: Market Data
- Category: Capital Markets
- Category: Risk Management
- Category: Securities (Finance)
- Category: Return On Investment
- Category: Financial Market
- Category: Financial Management
- Category: Decision Making
- Category: Capital Budgeting
- Category: Cash Flows
- Category: General Finance

