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
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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3 weeks at 10 hours a week
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- Banking
- Capital Markets
- Financial Services
- Market Dynamics
- Governance
- Underwriting
- Behavioral Economics
- Financial Regulation
- Corporate Finance
- Business Risk Management
- Securities (Finance)
- Financial Policy
- Financial Market
- Derivatives
- Risk Management
- Investments
- Insurance
- Finance
- Investment Banking
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
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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.
IG
Reviewed on Dec 30, 2025
Learned tons of valuable information. These lessons gave me a great benchmark regarding financial markets and Professor Shiller had great stories and unique perspectives/takes to the financial world.
CP
Reviewed on Jul 15, 2020
Almost a perfect course, with a lot of amazing information. The only bad thing is the class materials are to static and fuelled with info but it will completely change what you know about finantials.
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