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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

BK

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

IH

Mar 9, 2021

This course is easy to follow and interesting. Professor Shiller is very motivating. It not teaching about finance but more importantly how finance can build a better life for all. Really recommended.

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By kupour e

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Jan 14, 2023

The course structure, content and presentation is awesome. It went far beyond my expectations. I have really gain much insight from this course with regards to finance.

Thanks to the Yale and Coursera team for such course.

By Mateo R C

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Mar 30, 2021

Gives you the fundamentals of understanding how the financial markets work. I took this course as a supplement to the corporate finance class offered at my MBA. This course helped me to understand the subject much clearer.

By Nathan G L

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Sep 21, 2020

Through this course, I have learned not only technical financial terms but much deeper meaning of the financial markets which I have always wanted to understand financial issues, I feel very lucky that I took this course.

By Angel M

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May 5, 2020

Great Course to get a basic understanding. I wish more maths could be involved and lectures be recorded from the lecture rooms. The same course is found on Youtube (from 2011) and i believe the same content would be ideal.

By ThejasVishnu R

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Sep 14, 2018

It is a brilliant course for beginners in financial markets. The lectures given by Prof. Shiller are so easy to understand and comprehend. The salon talks and various discussions also helped me better understand the topic.

By Aakash B

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Apr 16, 2021

Professor Robert James Schiller is a knowledgeable, charming and an engaging professor. This course is very well designed for beginners like me, who have a passion towards Finance and maybe one day take up a career in it.

By Samuel Z S

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Jun 13, 2020

Thank you Prof. Robert Shiller for your valuable lecture. It was a great time following and finishing your lecture. Would it be possible for asking advice for further online course after this financial markets? Thank you.

By Aakash M

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Jun 13, 2020

Largely Informative course with great real life examples and application....

Lecture Notes or General Notes could be included which contain definition of terms used, important events etc... Coursera shall take note of this

By Sagnik P

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Jun 5, 2020

Absolutely spectacular course. Professor Shriller has been absolutely amazing and has won highest degree of respect from me. It has been a mesmerizing course with such enriching experience and so much knowledge to absorb.

By Dionisio E N R

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May 26, 2020

Excelente curso para alguien que quiera comenzar a adentrarse en el mundo de las finanzas. Este curso despertó en mí una mayor motivación por las finanzas y me permitió conocerlas desde perspectivas totalmente diferentes.

By nicholas

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May 19, 2020

I Accomplished my goal on advancing my knowledge of finance and marketing. Working at my own pace really helped me thrive in this environment and I will be recommending this course to all my fellow friends and colleagues.

By Shashwat P

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Sep 1, 2019

An excellent course which touches almost all the aspects of various financial markets. One needs to have a bit of prior knowledge to understand the course. Overall, it adds a lot of value to one's financial understanding.

By Hynek Z

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Feb 20, 2024

Great course. The more people who have this knowledge, the better off we will be as a society. Professor Shiller shared his knowledge in a very digestible form. Nice opportunity to experience a bit of Yale wibes as well!

By Fatemeh H

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Feb 7, 2023

I passed a very professional course on finance. It really opened my mind and helped me learning sufficient terms, ideas and principles of finance via a very simple clear language. Thanks indeed for this very best course.

By Filip G

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Nov 30, 2022

In my opinion, the course provide a clear understanding of what is financial markets , what parts it consists of.

I can recommend this course to people who want to more clearly understand what financial markets are.

By Eduard A M

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Sep 16, 2022

Really interesting course specially for those interested in basic finance and a good introductory program to this field. For those with a certain level on economics and finance, it is really easy and fast to go through.

By Ajay K

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Feb 24, 2022

Prof Shiller has deep knowledge and I enjoyed his simplistic and engaging teaching approach. I have learnt a lot about Finance through this course and I recommend it to others. Thank you Prof Shiller and Yale University.

By Тимофей Т

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Aug 20, 2021

This course is great! Best wishes to professor Shiller, he is excellent teacher, i was engaged by his teaching skill since first lesson. All information from this course i found useful and I will recommend it to everyone

By Vasumann L

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Jun 21, 2021

Prof. Robert Shiller was very engaging in this course. This course helped me to learn the basic of Financial Markets. It was very informative and would recommend everyone interested in the field of Economics and Finance.

By Deepak A

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Sep 14, 2020

The course is very useful for all the persons who want to start his/her own business or want to invest in stock market. It is very interesting and fruitful for all level of business entrepreneurs as well as employee too.

By Teobaldo N S

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Nov 9, 2017

Fazer um curso numa Universidade Americana com um professor do padrão de Robert Shiller, vale cada minuto de dedicação, esta foi uma das experiências mais valiosa que pude experimentar em termo de tecnologia educacional

By Rohan A

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Jun 15, 2024

One of the best course in finance, combination of financial concepts with societal (social) concepts which makes the course one of the best courses out there on finance and to develop societal skills, thought processes.

By Nicolás L

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May 18, 2021

Very well made course, the professor knows what he is doing, and share his knowledge in a very practical way. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in learning more about Financial Markets in a general way.

By Baishali R

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Aug 3, 2020

I'm greatful been taken under the financial aid facility I could complete my financial markets course from the reputed Yale University quite well. Everything is so synchronised here. It is the best source I could find !

By Maya S

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Jul 31, 2020

A wonderful course that introduces the many nuances of finance in an easy to understand, engaging manner. Professor Shiller is a delight to listen to, and the online experience is one of the best I have encountered yet.