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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- Financial Policy
- Governance
- Capital Markets
- Insurance
- Securities (Finance)
- Investments
- Finance
- Market Dynamics
- Underwriting
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Banking
- Corporate Finance
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Derivatives
- Financial Regulation
- Business Risk Management
- Behavioral Economics
- Financial Services
- Financial Market
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There are 7 modules in this course
Welcome to the course! In this opening module, you will learn the basics of financial markets, insurance, and CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model). This module serves as the foundation of this course.
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23 videos1 reading5 assignments
In this next module, dive into some details of behavioral finance, forecasting, pricing, debt, and inflation.
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17 videos4 assignments
Stocks, bonds, dividends, shares, market caps; what are these? Who needs them? Why? Module 3 explores these concepts, along with corporation basics and some basic financial markets history.
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18 videos3 assignments
Take a look into the recent past, exploring recessions, bubbles, the mortgage crisis, and regulation.
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22 videos4 assignments
Options and bond markets are explored in module 5, important components of financial markets.
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16 videos3 assignments
In module 6, Professor Shiller introduces investment banking, underwriting processes, brokers, dealers, exchanges, and new innovations in financial markets.
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19 videos4 assignments
Professor Shiller's final module includes lectures about nonprofits and corporations, and your career in finance.
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15 videos3 assignments
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BK
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
EM
Reviewed on Nov 3, 2018
This was really a great experience. A course taught by a valued teach. Enjoyed it all the way though I would have liked more mathematical and theoretical models. But then where do you end in a MOOC ?
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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