Understanding Financial Markets

This course will teach you about the major financial markets, their features, and how they are related to the economy.

A diverse team of specialists will begin by teaching you how stock and bond prices are calculated and why they change, while also enhancing your understanding of risk and why it is important when evaluating an investment's performance. The focus will next shift to markets that are less well-known, such as gold, emerging markets, real estate, hedge funds, and private equity. These will be examined with a focus on their unique risks and return prospects, as well as how they might assist in the development of effective portfolios. Finally, you will learn about central bank policies and how they affect financial markets, as well as the relationship between the economy and the price of financial assets.

Throughout these several steps, specialists from UBS, the corporate partner, will demonstrate how the concepts you've just learned are put into practice at a leading worldwide bank. With a focus on pragmatism, you'll not only comprehend what's going on in global financial markets, but you'll also start to figure out how to use them to help clients or yourself reach financial goals.

This course offers:

• Shareable Certificate: Earn a Certificate upon completion
• 100% online courses: Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
• Flexible Schedule: Set and maintain flexible deadlines
• Course 1 of 5 in the: Investment Management Specialization
• Beginner Level
• Approx. 11 hours to complete
• Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

Coursera Rating: 4.8/5

Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-financial-markets