An overview of the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. Emphasis on financially-savvy leadership skills. Description of practices today and analysis of prospects for the future. Introduction to risk management and behavioral finance principles to understand the real-world functioning of securities, insurance, and banking industries. The ultimate goal of this course is using such industries effectively and towards a better society.
Financial Markets
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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- Insurance
- Investment Banking
- Financial Regulation
- Corporate Finance
- Securities (Finance)
- Investments
- Underwriting
- Financial Services
- Financial Policy
- Market Dynamics
- Risk Management
- Governance
- Capital Markets
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Banking
- Business Risk Management
- Financial Market
- Behavioral Economics
- Finance
- Derivatives
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There are 7 modules in this course
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Università di Napoli Federico II
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BK
Reviewed on Oct 25, 2021
This course is so useful to know about finance in depth it gives more examples about the finance . It help to make more decision in finance market. It also motivate students to attract towards finance
AM
Reviewed on Sep 24, 2020
The Professor was very knowledgeable and carried the class along with him. He made the course very easy for me even though the course was long. I want to use this opportunity to say thank you to him.
SN
Reviewed on Jul 9, 2020
Professor Shiller is not only a brilliant economist but an enigmatic storyteller as well. The pace of the course is good and the examples drawn from the real world makes it easy to connect the dots.
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