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Financial Markets Courses

Financial markets courses can help you learn investment strategies, risk management, trading principles, and the functioning of various financial instruments. You can build skills in analyzing market trends, evaluating asset performance, and understanding economic indicators. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling, Bloomberg terminals for real-time data analysis, and statistical software for quantitative research, providing practical experience in applying these skills to real market scenarios.


Popular Financial Markets Courses and Certifications


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    Rice University

    Portfolio Selection and Risk Management

    Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Investments, Financial Market, Risk Management, Equities, Finance, Return On Investment, Risk Analysis, Statistical Methods, Probability Distribution, Correlation Analysis, Decision Making, Quantitative Research, Variance Analysis

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDHEC Business School

    Global Financing Solutions (by EDHEC and Société Générale)

    Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Project Finance, Financial Market, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Loans, Asset Management, Sustainable Development, Derivatives

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Starweaver

    Foundations of Credit Analysis and Fixed Income Securities

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Credit Risk, Financial Analysis, Market Data, Risk Analysis, Securities (Finance), Financial Data, Portfolio Management, Analysis, Risk Management, Derivatives, Business Valuation, Balance Sheet, Financial Market, Investment Management, Income Statement, Financial Regulation, Investments, Analytics, Decision Making

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    HEC Paris

    Investment Management in an Evolving and Volatile World by HEC Paris and AXA Investment Managers

    Skills you'll gain: Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Investments, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Financial Market, Finance, Risk Management, Financial Regulation, Performance Analysis, Risk Analysis, Microsoft Excel

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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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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    University of Michigan

    Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Investment Management, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Investments, FinTech, Financial Trading, Portfolio Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Financial Market, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    416 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Geneva

    Meeting Investors' Goals

    Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Investments, Investment Management, Business Ethics, Wealth Management, Behavioral Economics, Financial Market, Decision Making, Market Dynamics, Finance, Market Data, Economics

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    New York University

    Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Machine Learning, Financial Trading, Financial Market, Reinforcement Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Financial Services, Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Portfolio Management, Python Programming, Artificial Neural Networks, Jupyter

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    341 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IE Business School

    Understanding economic policymaking

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Policy, Public Policies, Economics, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Tax, International Finance, Policy Analysis, Crisis Management, Fiscal Management, Financial Systems, Supply And Demand, Financial Market

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Pennsylvania

    Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing

    Skills you'll gain: FinTech, Portfolio Management, Consumer Lending, Return On Investment, Lending and Underwriting, Financial Services, Risk Analysis, Investments, Financial Market, Risk Management, Case Studies, Market Opportunities

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    589 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Rice University

    Biases and Portfolio Selection

    Skills you'll gain: Behavioral Economics, Portfolio Management, Investments, Wealth Management, Financial Market, Investment Management, Asset Management, Market Dynamics, Capital Markets, Decision Making, Finance, Market Analysis, Psychology, Performance Analysis

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    281 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    New York Institute of Finance

    Reinforcement Learning for Trading Strategies

    Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Financial Trading, Deep Learning, Portfolio Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Neural Networks, Applied Machine Learning, Markov Model, Machine Learning, Financial Market, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

    3.5
    Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Portfolio Selection and Risk Management: Rice University
  • Global Financing Solutions (by EDHEC and Société Générale): EDHEC Business School
  • Foundations of Credit Analysis and Fixed Income Securities: Starweaver
  • Investment Management in an Evolving and Volatile World by HEC Paris and AXA Investment Managers: HEC Paris
  • Reinforcement Learning in Finance: New York University
  • Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence: University of Michigan
  • Meeting Investors' Goals: University of Geneva
  • Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance: New York University
  • Understanding economic policymaking: IE Business School
  • Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing: University of Pennsylvania

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