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The instructor and material was great my only complaints are with the Quizzes.

The Quiz questions can be frustrating because it is not always clear how to answer the questions. For example some you need to round to have the correct answer where as others you do not. It is also misleading when the blurb tells you how to write the answer as a dollar amount but then the correct answer is as a percentage. It would be nice is after completing the quiz you were given some help or the right answers so you could learn from your mistakes.

The quizzes were pretty hard. Would have been nice to have a little guidance in solving the problems if you got them wrong. The questions probably could have been written better. One major issue I saw on the quizzes was some of the questions didn't clarify how many decimal places/commas/etc. you need to provide the right answer... If you didn't properly put in format that wasn't explained, you could still have the same correct answer but it would show incorrect. Overall, a good course though. Thank you!

I could sense that Prof. Wachter is super knowledgeable about finance, but the content can feel challenging at times - maybe more examples or upfront background info could help. Also, I wish we had more time with this course so she could take us through the entire syllabus rather than just the first 4 topics. I'm especially interested in CAPM and EMH. The quizzes were pretty brutal and I wish we could see full explanations after we take them. Right now it just says right or wrong.

Course is great! However, would be great if there were more (non grading ) exercises before the quizes. Also, the model of inputing the answers of the tests ( Ex: Rounding, use of dots, two decimal houses ...) Its a bit confusing. Often made mistakes on a test questions due to wrong format input.

Furthermore, Prof. Jessica was great, and I wish we could have a channel of contact with her in order to ask questions about the subjects.

Great introductory course with relevant theoretical and practical examples. Could use some extra resources such as practice questions and more examples to help prepare for the quizzes. There was quite the jump from lecture material to being able to assess the quiz questions conceptually. I had to seek out additional resources to help me understand the concepts on the quizzes.

I really like the fundaments of finance course, but what I don't like is that when I took the module quiz and I got a low percentage grade , It dosen't show what answers you got wrong or right. It just says correct or incorrect . Coursera needs to fix this issue. Overral this is a good quality course and I appreciate Professor Wachter.

-Setota J

A course about present value basics, and valuing annuities, bonds, equities. If you don't have a finance background, I would say the course is challenging, equivalent to college level course, if not harder. Once you get used to the pace, it will be ok, it might take a few rounds of note reviews to get through it. quizzes are challenging as well.

The teacher doesn't like to use slides, newcomers need more visualisation to explain abstract concepts. This course is not good for being the first course if you don't have any knowledge about finance. It might scare people away. I wen to courses 3 and 4 instead and then went back to check course 1 and then I understood better.

The quizzes need to be better explained, there is no proper way to learn from our mistakes. In week 3, the course content could include NVPGO part in the video as well and not just in notes. The concept of delayed perpetuity is also slightly confusing when it comes to applying the formula.

This course has helped me in gaining enormous knowledge of financial management. More power to the instructors and institution and of course "Coursera" which provided me the facility to upgrade my knowledge. Thanks

The course seems well researched-- I just have a hard time grasping these formulas and terms at the same time. They all seem to blend together when you add financial terminology into the algebra.

The course was overall helpful. However, numerous quiz questions included terminology that was not used in the lecture videos, so continuity on that would have enhanced my understanding.