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Financial Analytics Courses

Financial analytics courses can help you learn data interpretation, risk assessment, investment analysis, and financial forecasting. You can build skills in statistical modeling, data visualization, and performance measurement to make informed financial decisions. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling, Tableau for data visualization, and Python for data analysis, showing how these skills can be applied in real-world financial contexts.


Popular Financial Analytics Courses and Certifications


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    McMaster University

    Finance for Everyone: Markets

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Equities, Financial Policy, Finance, International Finance, Investments, Market Dynamics, Market Trend, Financial Regulation, Market Analysis, Presentations

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Compare Stock Returns with Google Sheets

    Skills you'll gain: Risk Analysis, Google Sheets, Financial Analysis, Quantitative Research, Spreadsheet Software, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Securities (Finance), Probability & Statistics

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    ChatGPT for Beginners: Save time with Microsoft Excel

    Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Data Cleansing, Text Mining, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis Software, Unstructured Data, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Business Analytics, Data Management

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    346 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Meta

    Measure and Optimize Social Media Marketing Campaigns

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Analytics, Advertising Campaigns, Digital Advertising, Content Performance Analysis, Campaign Management, Marketing Budgets, Data Analysis, Digital Marketing, Data Presentation, A/B Testing, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Return On Investment, Performance Reporting, Business Metrics, Presentations, Communication

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Berklee

    The DIY Musician

    Skills you'll gain: Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Music Theory, Musical Composition, Music, Peer Review, Brand Strategy, Professional Networking, Social Media, Branding, Production Planning, Sustainable Business, Music Performance, Leadership, Initiative and Leadership, Media Production, Campaign Management, Instrumental Music, Automation, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Macquarie University

    Influencing: Storytelling, Change Management and Governance

    Skills you'll gain: Overcoming Objections, Influencing, Risk Management Framework, Persuasive Communication, Governance, Storytelling, Risk Management, Change Management, Organizational Change, Rapport Building, Meeting Facilitation, Leadership, Conflict Management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Business Transformation, Negotiation, Communication, Intercultural Competence, Stakeholder Management, Process Management

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Microsoft

    Master Microsoft Office 365 and Power Platform

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot, Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Power BI, Microsoft 365, Multimedia, Microsoft PowerPoint, Dashboard, Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Microsoft Word, Data Visualization, No-Code Development, Spreadsheet Software, Collaborative Software, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Presentations, Data Analysis

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    O.P. Jindal Global University

    Banking & Finance in India

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Capital Markets, Financial Systems, Securities (Finance), Banking, Financial Policy, Finance, Equities, Economics, Financial Regulation, Public Administration, Commercial Banking, Budget Management

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    27 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    IBM Data Analyst Capstone Project

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, IBM Cognos Analytics, Data Manipulation, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Looker (Software), Web Scraping, Data Transformation, Box Plots, Pandas (Python Package), Scatter Plots, Histogram

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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    New York University

    Reinforcement Learning in Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Financial Trading, Financial Market, Derivatives, Markov Model, Financial Modeling, Securities Trading, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Market Dynamics, Machine Learning, Estimation

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    Rating, 3.6 out of 5 stars
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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google

    The Power of Statistics

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Sampling (Statistics), Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Advanced Analytics, Statistics, Probability, Statistical Analysis, Data Science, Probability Distribution, A/B Testing, Statistical Inference, Statistical Programming, Technical Communication, Jupyter, Python Programming

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    859 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Hadoop & Big Data Foundations Mastery Course

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Hive, NoSQL, Apache Hadoop, Extract, Transform, Load, Big Data, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Data Infrastructure, Cloud Management, Databases, SQL, Performance Tuning, Data Processing, Real Time Data, Query Languages, Database Management, Data Transformation, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Scalability, Distributed Computing

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular financial analytics courses

  • Finance for Everyone: Markets: McMaster University
  • Compare Stock Returns with Google Sheets: Coursera
  • ChatGPT for Beginners: Save time with Microsoft Excel: Coursera
  • Measure and Optimize Social Media Marketing Campaigns: Meta
  • The DIY Musician: Berklee
  • Influencing: Storytelling, Change Management and Governance: Macquarie University
  • Master Microsoft Office 365 and Power Platform: Microsoft
  • Banking & Finance in India: O.P. Jindal Global University
  • IBM Data Analyst Capstone Project: IBM
  • Reinforcement Learning in Finance: New York University

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