Introduction to Finance: The Role of Financial Markets
Completed by Steven Laduke
May 9, 2026
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: Capital Budgeting
- Category: Finance
- Category: Decision Making
- Category: Market Data
- Category: Risk Analysis
- Category: Financial Market
- Category: Investments
- Category: Financial Management
- Category: Return On Investment
- Category: Securities (Finance)
- Category: Cash Flows
- Category: Risk Management
