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About the Course

In this course, you will learn what the main financial markets and their characteristics are as well as how they are linked to the economy. Our very diversified team of experts will start by teaching you how the price of stocks and bonds are computed and why they move while you will become increasingly aware of the notion of risk and why it matters when measuring an investment's performance. The focus will then move to less popular markets such as gold, emerging markets, real estate, hedge funds and private markets. These will be analyzed with an emphasis on their particular risks and return opportunities as well as how they can help in building efficient portfolios. Finally, the policies of central banks and their impact on financial markets will be presented to you along with the link between the economy and the price of financial assets. All along these different steps, experts from UBS, our corporate partner, will show you how the concepts you just acquired are effectively applied in a leading global bank. This focus on practicality means you will not only understand what is going on in global financial markets but also start to figure out how you can use them to achieve financial goals, be it a client's or your own. Course Director and main teaching contributor: Dr. Michel Girardin, Lecturer in Macro-Finance, University of Geneva...

Top reviews

MC

Jul 16, 2017

Mr. Michel is really an amazing teacher! His lectures are vivic and greatly attracts my attention. I hope to take more of his classes because I've Learned more than I nomally can do in a short class

RK

Oct 5, 2020

Thank you! Coursera for providing me the platform for boosting my knowledge in Financial Markets, as i have learned various financial parts in this subject and this will help me in my carrier too.

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By Daniel T

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Feb 29, 2016

A little too basic, but very well explained

By D E A S

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Mar 22, 2021

great introduction in the financial market

By Philip M

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Feb 18, 2018

Simple and easy to understand with practi

By SANSKAR P

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Apr 9, 2021

It was very good and easy to understand.

By Deleted A

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Jan 24, 2020

Good Course to Grow and Enrich Ourselves

By PRAVEEN K T

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May 2, 2019

The course is very good and fun to study

By DEVI B N

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May 7, 2020

good course to gain practical knowledge

By Meda G P

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Jul 23, 2023

Very insightful and useful...Thank you

By Artem R

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Feb 23, 2020

Very good! Just like MBA materials :)

By Alberto e c j

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Oct 9, 2017

Very useful and well organized course

By CHAN E C

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Nov 10, 2020

Good introduction for the beginner.

By Tania v

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Feb 10, 2020

Data is not updated for 2018/2019

By Ritesh T

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Sep 14, 2016

Quite informative for beginners.

By Aditya R N

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Sep 2, 2019

Well explained and structured.

By Kleider S V G

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Nov 26, 2021

It was an interesting course.

By Jonathan T X E

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May 28, 2020

May be confusing at times

By RadhaKrishna S

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Feb 14, 2016

good for basic knowledge

By Setsuya S

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Oct 31, 2016

Useful introductioin

By Ishika c

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Apr 25, 2020

very well explained

By Sem A

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Jun 3, 2020

amazing course

By Damirbek S

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Feb 18, 2016

Nice course.

By Carlos S T O

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Sep 18, 2024

Interesante

By Harpreet S L

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Apr 1, 2020

good course

By Sarath M

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May 31, 2017

Nice Course

By karan r

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May 27, 2016

good course