In this Capstone project, you will have to choose between three different characters (each with a unique set of financial constraints and objectives) and design an appropriate wealth plan for them over the next 5 years. You will have to use the knowledge you gained in each of the four preceding courses to reach that objective. Indeed, you will need to know which assets to consider and how to manage them depending on changes in the economic outlook (Course 1), how to evaluate and deal with your character's emotional biases in order to suggest them a wealth strategy they will be able to follow (Course 2), how to build an optimal portfolio and manage its risk once the strategy has been designed (Course 3) and how to adequately measure the performance of your plan while taking advantage of investment vehicles and future trends in the investment management industry to further your character's goals (Course 4). This Capstone project was designed in collaboration with UBS, our corporate partner, who benefits from years of experience in guiding clients with their wealth planning.
LG
A great manner of explaining the material. Very much recommend it.
JN
Practical Problems were so well organized, it was rather fun working out the solutions.. It was superb experience.
JS
Very Good Syllabus , I would insist everyone to pursue this course and complete this course who are in Investment and stock market . As from India this course make me stand differently in market
AA
Great wrap-up for the concepts and a practical application on them.
HS
Great course and specialization, thanks to UNIGE, UBS and Coursera for designing it so well and providing this high quality knowledge and tools for online users interested in this very niche topic
AA
An absolutely essential part of the specialisation. It brings all the prior learning together in a practical way.
AC
This class is very practical! The whole specialization is very well-planned for beginners! Easy to understand and follow along! Thank you for these great learning materials!
DK
While the Capstone project was good, challenging and covered the topics taught in a sequential manner, I believe it could have been better.
VB
Excellent! Well design project for the end of Specialization.
LG
Amazing! This course is really good! Easy to follow and very well strutured. Althought, it would be good if sources and platform with info about the assests of hedge funds where provided.
CR
Fantastic Capstone!!! Very usefull to consolidate the studies.
SK
Excellent practical usage and apply of the specialization material!
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Course work is great. Admin of assignments is poor. I've finished all material including assignment 1 and am locked out of next and final assignment until November. I'm paying by the month. After successfully completing the first 4 courses of the series I was looking forward to the CAPSTONE. I feel conned and that I wasted my time.
I have just finished all 4 MOOCs "Investment Management" and I have to wait 2.5 months to start my capstone project. This is unacceptable.
The whoke certification is really great. The content of this course is good. But the way they block us to go ahead is not nice. Once you've finished a project they force you to to wait days and weeks for nothing before allowing you to continue the exams. The objective is just to make you pay more, staying many months just for one course. It's not nice because I don't care about paying more, I care about my time !
I propose you make people pay the double price for the course but please remove the waiting time restriction.
Nearly all of the videos are duplicative of earlier courses in this specialization. The capstone project is good training as a hypothetical client, but there is very little new information / learning in this course to help you set a strong investment / wealth management strategy. Very disappointing as I was really looking forward to this final course.
The peer review projects sound like a good idea but the grading is inconsistent as a result. Some questions also require very specific answers that you could really only guess after seeing the answers, overall a very poor ending to an overall great specialization.
I was very disappointed with my experience in this last course of the specialization. I found two (2) of the Milestones unclear; no warning or guidance was provided regarding the extensive use of Excel in order to complete the assignments; and most importantly, help was practically non-existent. The Help Desk/chat options were slow to respond and often did not respond to the specific question asked. I encountered several tech issues in this course that I did not experienced in the previous four (4), AND never received the help to determine whether it was on my side or Coursera's. My frustration led me to delay completing this specific course several times. Now I have to determine whether it is worthwhile for me to continue this discouraging experience by subscribing for another month in order to obtain the Specialization!
An insulting end for a pretty good MOOC.
There is no new video content, and you are forced to wait weeks or months between each assignment, just to keep you paying. I really wanted to finish this specialization and have it on my CV, but I won't stand for this, so good bye.
Be mindful before starting the investment specialization that the assignments for this course cannot be completed in your own time, but you have to wait for them to be unlocked before being able to attempt them.
Excellent hands-on capstone project which summarizes the knowledge and skills of the previous 4 courses of the specialization. I found this course particularly challenging and intense. I'm really thankful for the opportunity to participate. Many thanks to the University of Geneva staff and particularly to Michel Gerardin who motivated me to move further over the last several months. Good luck to the classmates who finished the entire specialization! You all have done a great job!
Absolutely no accountability of the University. My assignments were left ungraded for 5 days within which my subscription ended. Very difficult to do this course as there are no reviewers available. Even the University is least bit bothered that weather the candidate is able to pass or not. I WOULD ADVISE ALL NOT TO WASTE YOUR MONEY IN THIS COURSE. TOTALLY SCAMMED.
This was a very useful course I learnt a lot. The lecturers were knowledgeable and it was really good to have real world input too.
My one recommendation would be some pointers/more details on how the formulas work for those who have weaker math/spreadsheet skills. Even if this is in form of notes or links to other places where those formulas are explained in detail. Or even recommend a course that covers this on coursera before doing this course
Practical approach that will allow you to build and manage real portfolios. Really interesting! Thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this specialisation.
I don't like it. Small groups and peer to peer tasks for every week, if someone don't do it your submitted task left without attention. Very complicated tasks without clear example explanation. Lost money for all 5 month of subscription.
I highly recommend this course, even more than previous ones of this Specialization. The course provides ready-to-use knowledge and even experience. The leading lecturer Dr. Michel Girardin is a fantastic TEACHER I wish I couldn`t study under when I was a student. This specialization is an incredibly high value for money.
Very good course. Professor Girardin is a great and interesting instructor. The other instructors unfortunately could not inspire to the same extend. Still all courses were valuable and the Capstone project a very good practical way to review both qualitative and quantitative aspects of this specialization.
An excellent capstone. It requires a lot of work but in the end the learner's concepts will be clear as crystal. A great learning tool which one could practically use in the business world. Great course to end a brilliant specialization.
This was a great course. I expanded my skills using Microsoft excel and how to calculate investment returns and improve the performance due to market changes.
the wait for grading was ridiculous and none of the formulas needed were covered.
Esta Especiliadad en Gestion de Inversiones impartida por la Universidad de Ginebra y su Sponsor UBS, ha sido una experiencia extraordinaria. Logré consolidar mucho aprendizaje, aprender cosas nuevas y poner en practica todo lo aprendido en el proyecto Final Capstone, eternamente agradecido con todo lo aprendido y en especial con el profesor Michel Girardin , wow profesor haber recorrido todo este tiempo con usted fue todo un placer enorme, admiro su trabajo, conocimiento y buen carisma, es usted un excelente profesional.
Passing this course is such a great pleasure! and a bit pain to miss the great teachers at University of Geneva and the mentors of UBS! Always be grateful to them for their great effort! Salute to Prof. Michel Girardin for guiding us through such an abstract subject like finance/investment with such ease and smile.