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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 Martynas B

Nov 20, 2020

Excelent! Especially enjoyed Michelle's way of explaining topics in humorous yet understandable way.

Great job!

By Andre v B K

May 22, 2020

Great! Thanks for sharing all this knowledge. Great teaching methods, very useful charts and lots of insights.

By Selin Ş

Jun 12, 2020

Amazing demonstrations of economical theories by Michel Girardin! Thanks for the course, absolutely loved it.

By Wong Y T

Jan 14, 2021

Although it only teaches the fundamentals, it is a great course for beginners to enter the world of finance!

By Ana I T L

Oct 20, 2020

Interesante curso! Comienza en lo más básico pero conforme avanza aborda temas profundos de forma muy amena.

By Santiago R R

Aug 25, 2020

Amazing course. I think it's the best i've taken out of the 15+ courses I have experienced here in Coursera.

By Eberto

Jun 30, 2020

Highly recommended course! The instructors explain very difficult concepts in a very easy way to understand.

By Masutano M

May 30, 2018

Brilliantly put out! well composed courses! rich with information and great insight to the world of finance!

By Gh L

Nov 25, 2016

one of the best courses available for those who are keen to learn and understand how financial markets work.

By Mario I

Feb 29, 2016

Excellent course, covering an ample field in finance and economics. Most importantly, top quality educators.

By Alex B

Feb 27, 2016

Educative content. Very good for people who want to have a better understanding about the financial markets.

By Nandini S

Feb 1, 2023

This course is wonderful as if now I come to know about many new things. I am very thankful to this course.

By Rodolfo J H

Jun 30, 2020

Thanks for the general overview to financial markets it will be very helpfull for my career. Merci beaucoup

By Elly M

Apr 4, 2018

The course content was easy to follow and the instructors were very good at explaining the concepts clearly

By DR I C

Mar 28, 2017

I found this to be a very well put together Course. If I do not offend may I comment on the verbal delivery

By Bekindto1another “

Sep 27, 2023

This course was much better than expected it to be very well put together. An excellent course on finance.

By Njabulo J

Jun 4, 2022

Good quality in lectures, instructors, video production and logical course progressios from courses 1 to 4

By Ayasha A

Jul 7, 2019

This course me helped me a lot to learn new aspects related with financial market term. Thank you courser.

By Ana L C d M

May 5, 2016

Superb course! The topics are beautifully explained. Very pragmatic and systematic approach to the issues.

By Tonny K

Dec 2, 2022

The best lecturers with real life practical experience, I will definitely do other courses with coursera.

By Norbert H

Aug 11, 2022

Great Course, I enjoyed it very much. I'm looking forward to completing the rest of the moduls.

Thank you

By Nikolaos S

Nov 9, 2020

Excellent content by true professionals trying to explain complex financial matters as simple as they can

By Gustavo B F

Sep 7, 2020

Curso sensacional. Dá uma visão sensacional do mercado financeiro, não deixa passar nada, super completo.

By Sabine K

Oct 31, 2017

good course on basics of bond and equity markets, incl link with monetary policy and macroeconomic state.

By Solomon A

Oct 5, 2017

Great course. Very practical with many guest lectures who give great insights in their respective fields.