Learner Reviews & Feedback for Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I by Columbia University
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I have an engineering / numerics background and enjoyed this course very much. Good overview and comprehensive explanation of mathematical models of fixed income and equities as well as derivatives.
I appreciate how this course not only discusses the concepts in technical detail, but actually delves into the mathematics of the subject matter, and teaches how to actually do the actual work inv
376 - 400 of 435 Reviews for Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I
By Zhenghao L
•Some of the models are not what's really used on the street. e.g. Street uses SABR and Black-73 to price swaptions. The quiz instruction is also a bit amibious for some questions.
By Keith N
•A lot of the concepts got hidden in numeric outcomes. I understand why the format made that necessary, but it led to time intensive homeworks on relatively simple concepts.
By Ni Z (
•A very quantitative course for people who want to learn how to calculate the risk for particular products. Course does not include coding but uses spreadsheet instead.
By Felix J
•very good course. the exercises are very useful to review the material but it seems that rounding errors can make the difference between right and wrong.
By Michael D
•Very good course. Informative. Sometimes quizzes were annoying to get the rounding correctly however that is minor issue compare to knowledge gained.
By Luis V
•I thought that the course was very interesting and that the concepts were clearly explained. However, the quizzes could have been harder.
By Gello M V
•The course is good. Would be better if there are more examples given and lively interaction with fellow learners on the forums though.
By Kramer O C
•A very hard course, I think that the videos ha ve to show more practical problems to get the exams more understanding.
By Huynh C D
•This course provide with a lot of useful knowledge about financial market and different types of securities as well.
By Hjalmar E
•Very good material in lectures and slides. Tests could be more extensive for us to get more out of the course.
By Zhao H
•I would like to see the discussion forum back. That will help debugging the answers to the quiz.
By Antonio A
•have not finished it yet , but a very good course so far, a lot theory mixed with exercises.
By Vivek S
•Excellent course content supported with relevant excel sheets. Requires rigorous practi
By Aaron C
•Inconsitencies in instructions and information for some assignments otherwise very good
By SIDIBE A B
•This course help me to understand correctly the world of financial engineering. Thanks
By Kieran M
•Great course. Level of support from the mentors was non existent though.
By D K
•This course I quite hard and demanding, this also makes it challenging!
By Anshul S T
•Good use of complex mathematical models to price derivative securities
By Oliver O
•Very Good and instructive. The Excel sheets are good to have as tools.
By Javier d P
•Perfectly structured and easy learning. Can't wait for doing part II
By Nitin B
•Good course to sharpen your skills for a job in financial services.
By Hilmi E
•Excellent overview .. Good assignments that enhance the lectures..
By Benjamin S K
•easy to understand but hard to solve quizs..(chooser option...!)
By Déodat V
•Really good insight into the pricing of financial instruments
By Michael S
•there is one flaw that the video is kind of obscured.
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