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Finance for Everyone: Decisions will introduce you to the workings of the free markets and the foundations of finance. You will learn how free markets and their “creative destruction” provide the architecture for the global economy and how those same markets move money in ways that create and destroy wealth. Your financial toolkit will include timeless concepts like compounding, discounting, annuities, effective interest rates, and more. You will also learn how to simplify important financial calculations and apply that knowledge to real-life decisions that can influence everything from how you pay for your car to where you live. Through peer review you will publish your view on an issue important to you. You will also discover how your applied decisions connect to bigger questions relating to changing market conditions as you prepare for the second course in F4E: Markets.
Welcome! This first week will give you a bit of background on the specialization and help set you up to make the most of your experience doing Finance for Everyone: Decisions. You will also engage with introductory concepts about finance, communicate with your fellow learners, and familiarize yourself with the course culminating project.
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In Week 2, you will continue to explore money flows and consider the time value of money. You can also optionally use a financial calculator, view a tutorial, and practice these new skills. Don't forget to continue brainstorming ideas for your course culminating project!
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In Week 3, you will delve deeper into money flows and time value of money. As these concepts wrap up for the course, you will continue to prepare your course culminating assignment.
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In Week 4, you will synthesize your learnings for Finance for Everyone: Decisions. You will participate in a peer review of Op-Eds written by your classmates, complete a final quiz, and look ahead to Finance for Everyone: Markets!
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Reviewed on Jun 14, 2021
An Awesome Course....!I think Everyone should take it.A person who is not from a Finance background will understand it easily.
Reviewed on Oct 12, 2020
Amazing course to enhance financial knowledge and to gain a clear understanding of financial decisions.
Reviewed on Jun 16, 2020
The course is designed in such a way with relevant topics and simple examples. Additional topics with more focus on Equity and Bond markets may be included
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By the end of this course, you should be able to:
1. Familiarize yourself with the broader context of finance.
2. Explain how financial decisions may have positive and negative social impact.
3. Describe time value of money.
4. Perform financial calculations with accuracy.
5. Build confidence in your ability to make informed financial decisions.
6. Relate important financial concepts and issues to experiences in your daily life and the real world.
7. (Optional) Execute common financial calculations with a financial calculator.
This course is structured to be 4 weeks in length.
This course will be offered every month.
No previous knowledge is required. It is recommended that learners have basic mathematics knowledge.
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