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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 Dishyant

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Jun 3, 2017

The course material is described pretty well.

By Hamilton M

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Feb 7, 2021

Its an amazing opportunity to gain knowledge

By EDWAR E S J

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Jul 19, 2020

AMAZING COURSE, THE INSTRUCTORS ARE THE BEST

By Basel T

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Jun 23, 2020

amazing and very informative and interesting

By Arturo B M

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Nov 19, 2019

Really great content and excellent teachers.

By zhuyouwei

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Aug 24, 2019

Good coverage, clear structure, nice lecture

By JINGYIDAI

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Feb 9, 2017

Very understandable~~ THX all the lecturers~

By Jens S

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Sep 11, 2016

Very interesting course with good lecturers.

By Mauricio U G

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Nov 14, 2024

excelente curso, me encanto y aprendi mucho

By Rohan C

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Aug 28, 2023

A great introduction for absolute beginners

By Franco A

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Mar 7, 2023

Really an excellent introductory course!!!!

By Aram C

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Jan 8, 2021

Very good, quite impressed with the content

By alejandro f

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Jul 9, 2020

the best financial course i have ever taken

By Varun R J

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Mar 25, 2016

Super professors and great guest lecturers!

By ANDRES G D M

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Feb 28, 2016

Very useful basic informacion and concepts.

By George V

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Nov 20, 2024

The course is very informative and useful.

By Gerardo D D

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Feb 1, 2022

very interesting and well made! Congrats!

By Varun G

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Jan 22, 2021

Great Course, Good Learning, Nice faculty.

By Anil

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Aug 2, 2020

Excellent! Professor Michelle is Amazing!!

By Yadav s m R

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May 28, 2020

Excellent to learn this through Coursera .

By Marcos B T

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Jun 12, 2017

Great market overview and top pick topics.

By Raunak S

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Sep 25, 2020

Well structured course and well explained

By ANDRE S H T

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Mar 28, 2020

easy to understand, good for introduction

By Tanvir S

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Aug 22, 2018

great course! loved it! very informative.

By Denis B

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Jul 30, 2017

Good teachers and very interesting lesson