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Construct Stock Market Indices

In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to use Google Finance to import stock price data, identify the free float of the stock, use free-floated weighting to construct an index. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We're currently working on providing the same experience in other regions. This course's content is not intended to be investment advice and does not constitute an offer to perform any operations in the regulated or unregulated financial market.

Status: Equities
Status: Market Data
AdvancedGuided Project2 hours

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AA

Reviewed Apr 12, 2024

the course is bit dated but does a good job of giving a practical understanding of how stock market indexes work

JE

Reviewed Aug 18, 2020

I got some problems with the platforms and doing the examples. The reason I got this its because on the keyboard and languages.

AM

Reviewed Sep 3, 2022

W​ell presented and very easy to follow the steps.

SS

Reviewed Aug 10, 2020

Best short project to build stock index on the go!

DP

Reviewed Apr 17, 2021

THE SPEECH WAS UNCLEAR AT MANY PARTS. THE COURSE GAVE ME A CLARITY OF HOW THE VALUES OF AN INDEX ARE CALCULATED AND HOW TO CALCULATE THE FLOATED SHARES OF A COMPANY.

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