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About the Course

Get a running start in the high-stakes world of financial investment! This first course is designed to help you become an informed investor by
providing you with the essential concepts for long-term success in managing money. You’ll start by learning the role of financial markets and
financial assets in a well-functioning economy. From there, you’ll learn about the wide range of financial instruments available in major asset
classes, their features and valuations. You’ll explore how financial markets actually operate in the real world, focusing on how and where
securities are traded and how various market types differ from one another in practice. You will also learn the basics of algori...
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Top reviews

OY

Apr 17, 2022

The subject was simplified for beginners in the field of financial market instruments. Instructor explained all the details very clearly. Overall I had a very positive experience with the class

AI

Jun 17, 2020

Global Financial Markets and Instruments is a MUST. Excellent instruction! I truly appreciate the opportunity to receive this course from such a prestigious University - Rice University.

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By Edward G

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Sep 27, 2017

The course was well structured with a lot of practice questions. I personally struggled with the week 1 financial mathematics. I suggest that the formulas be included in the summary notes.

By Anant C

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May 26, 2020

Great course with a lot of problem-solving to help learn the concepts better. Very well taught! I would recommend the course to anyone trying to learn the basics of financial markets.

By Eduardo M C

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Feb 16, 2020

Great course covering aspects of global financial markets: from the market players to the instruments and the formulas used to make investment decisions and explain market behaviour.

By Austin R

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Sep 24, 2018

Probably a little elementary for most people signing up for this series of classes, but it was a good review and would be a great intro for those with zero experience with investing.

By Brandon G

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Jan 20, 2023

Great course, leant a lot. Certain concepts I think could have been explained a little better, but at the same token this is an online course and it delivered above my expectations.

By Abhishek S

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Apr 22, 2018

Course was very advanced. It was mainly focused more on sums and real life problem solving pedagogy rather than teaching basic financial terminology and and its understanding.

By Bruno S

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Oct 28, 2024

Some questions are written in a confusing way and assume things that are not written down. Using different words for the same concept make it confusing if it's not clarified.

By Desire D M

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Nov 26, 2021

Generally a great course. Although early on some mathematical steps were brushed through. Besides that it was a very informative course quantitatively and qualitatively.

By chaoyu x

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Jul 26, 2020

1. some in video questions pop up before the concept is being introduced or covered; 2. this course gives a pretty good high-level illustration on some basic concepts

By rajiv A

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Nov 14, 2016

A great course for dummies like me to learn the basics of investment industry.

I would appreciate if they incorporate more examples to explain and make things easier.

By Oleksandr S

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Jul 20, 2017

In general a course is very informative and useful. The issues were only some misconceptions, especially in formulas, between video examples and quiz questions.

By Sharif H

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Jan 17, 2019

Pretty Formula heavy but covers a decent relevant range of topics. A lot of personal research is needed to understand the content more thoroughly.

By Kristina E

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Jan 6, 2017

Overall, the course is fine, however there were several annoying typos / rounding issues, which would prevent you from getting the correct answer.

By Viviana G T L

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Oct 11, 2020

In this course you learn from scratch how financial markets work and develop your analysis skills, in general the explanations are good

By Rahul G

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Nov 7, 2016

The course was very informative. Could have been better if more reading materials along with more real life scenarios were included

By Patricia E

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Aug 4, 2021

Sometimes it was confusing to follow where some numbers were coming from in the bonds part. But overall very instructive thanks!

By Pariket T

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Apr 2, 2020

Decent course, some mistakes however in some of the answers. Some topics could've been explained more in depth.

By Michael l

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May 24, 2022

i think the stats is very heavy for the start, should be more theory first and then finish off with the stats

By Nazmi S

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May 11, 2021

The content is great. But the style of presentation needs to improve to make it more fun and interesting.

By Najmi J

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Jan 26, 2018

Excellent overview. Would have appreciated more depth in topics like bonds, options, and margin trading.

By Ilyas A

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Jun 13, 2017

quite an interesting course for beginners and for those who missed some aspects on the academic process.

By Jeffrey C

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Jul 14, 2020

The course combines with the practice problem really help me to understand the contents of the subject.

By Somanshu M

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Mar 25, 2019

I learned a lot about financial markets and basics of derivatives....

great course as an introduction !

By Claude Z

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Sep 24, 2017

useful, succinct, and fundamental.

Enough for an international high-school student like me!

By Santiago R R

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Sep 28, 2020

Good course! The practice quizzes I find a bit unnecessary, but they are fully optional