An overview of the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. Emphasis on financially-savvy leadership skills. Description of practices today and analysis of prospects for the future. Introduction to risk management and behavioral finance principles to understand the real-world functioning of securities, insurance, and banking industries. The ultimate goal of this course is using such industries effectively and towards a better society.

Financial Markets

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Skills you'll gain
- Bank Regulations
- Investments
- Financial Regulations
- Securities (Finance)
- Capital Markets
- Financial Management
- Portfolio Management
- Financial Regulation
- Banking
- Investment Banking
- Governance
- Equities
- Financial Market
- Risk Management
- Finance
- Behavioral Economics
- Financial Systems
- Portfolio Risk
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authorities
- Financial Services
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Università di Napoli Federico II

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Reviewed on Oct 25, 2021
This course is so useful to know about finance in depth it gives more examples about the finance . It help to make more decision in finance market. It also motivate students to attract towards finance
Reviewed on Jul 9, 2020
Professor Shiller is not only a brilliant economist but an enigmatic storyteller as well. The pace of the course is good and the examples drawn from the real world makes it easy to connect the dots.
Reviewed on Mar 9, 2025
The lectures were real world example based and very insightful, this course proved to be extremely useful as it equipped me with a set of diverse financial tools to use in a multitude of scenarios.
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