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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...

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WM

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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.

CP

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Michel Girardin MAKES this course. The other three instructors were terribly boring, devoid of personality. But he LIVES this matieral, LOVES this matierial, and conveys it masterfully.

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By ABOSEDE G B

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Apr 25, 2020

I love Michel Classes. Thanks to all the lecturers you guys are awesome!

By Desiree L

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Sep 23, 2017

Thoroughly enjoyed the video lectures, reading materials and the quizzes

By Yash P

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Aug 7, 2016

Very nicely structured. Great presentations and very easy to understand.

By Efe A

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Aug 23, 2023

It is easy to understand and a lot of information that I have not known

By Rui C

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Sep 2, 2021

Very good overview of financial markets!Good bases of financial markets

By Susan F

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Jan 26, 2021

Professor Michel Girardin is suburb! Articulate, and quite personable.

By Rizwan U

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Sep 4, 2020

Extremely helpful for a general understanding of the financial markets.

By Deepanshu K

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Aug 1, 2020

Awesome Course the Guest Lectures are very Interesting and very helpful

By Julien v M

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Oct 19, 2018

I enjoyed this course very much, they way of teaching is very pleasant.

By Jeremy Z Z

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Jun 18, 2016

Great course that taught me the very fundamental conduits on investment

By Sunil A

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Oct 7, 2022

Manner in which the complex fundamentals are explained is really good.

By L R

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Feb 15, 2022

Amazingly compact - covered so much in such a short period. Thank you!

By Hardik S

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Apr 19, 2020

I love the way Michele Sir teaches, was a wonderful experience for me.

By Atishy R

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Feb 4, 2018

Great course if you want to understand basics of financial principles.

By Leon D

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Jul 12, 2023

Wonderful course, though i sometimes lost the logic of the curriculum

By Ulanbek T

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Feb 9, 2021

This course is as informative as it's explained concisely. Thank you!

By Shweta M B

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May 28, 2020

This course is gave me a more information about the financial market

By Михаил Е

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Sep 5, 2018

Thanks for nice basic course, it helps build and revise fundamentals.

By Sudarshan V V

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Jun 29, 2023

Learned from practical finance teachers... great learning experience

By Muna M S

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Apr 6, 2021

the first course i am taking from financial markets ,thanks coursera

By reinaldo m p

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Jun 16, 2020

Great content and great lecturers, from academy and from the market.

By Blaga O I

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Mar 21, 2020

This course has helped me a lot info understanding financial markets

By Andre S

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Oct 10, 2016

Excellent summarizing overview of financial markets. Well presented!

By Gilang R P

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Sep 8, 2016

The lecturers is a real deal and the course is so fun and enjoyable.

By CIDREX S A

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Oct 21, 2021

This course you learn a lot, you never regret to enroll this course