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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

WM

Aug 15, 2016

Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Very well thought out and presented in an informative and very engaging manner. Brought to life many subjects I was aware of but lacked in depth understanding.

ZK

Jul 4, 2017

This course is brilliant- I enjoyed learning new information about the financial market and the instructors made it easy to grasp the information by using easy to understand examples.Many thanks,Zineb

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By Franco A

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Mar 8, 2023

Really an excellent introductory course!!!!

By Aram C

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Jan 9, 2021

Very good, quite impressed with the content

By alejandro f

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Jul 10, 2020

the best financial course i have ever taken

By Varun R J

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Mar 26, 2016

Super professors and great guest lecturers!

By ANDRES G D M

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Feb 29, 2016

Very useful basic informacion and concepts.

By George V

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Nov 21, 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 3, 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 13, 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 23, 2018

great course! loved it! very informative.

By Denis B

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Jul 31, 2017

Good teachers and very interesting lesson

By Jaime A

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Jun 3, 2017

Right level of information. Learnt a lot.

By Deleted A

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Sep 29, 2024

this course is very helpful me in future

By Vladimír O

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Feb 21, 2023

A bit complicated, but worth the effort.

By Mauricio H

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Feb 21, 2023

Practical and understandable material...

By Robert M

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Apr 21, 2021

great introduction for financial markets

By Fabio B

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Jul 10, 2020

Very clear explanation of basic concepts

By Aakash G

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Jun 12, 2020

i have learned best way to teach someone

By ARUNODYA R

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May 2, 2020

Try this, you will remember me lifetime.

By A.H.M. A

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May 3, 2016

Excellent course and also very helpful.