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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 Ivan D

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Jan 8, 2024

Highly recommended1

By Kai-lik F

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Aug 25, 2023

Michel is the best!

By Yash S

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Jul 19, 2021

It was fun learning

By Alvaro A I F

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Jan 7, 2021

Easy to understand.

By JOSMY V

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Sep 22, 2020

EXCELLENT COURSE...

By Bugra D

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Aug 28, 2020

perfect time for me

By Elio J L 1

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May 23, 2020

VERY HELPFUL COURSE

By Soumen K H

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Dec 24, 2019

Excellent teaching.

By Ayush r

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Aug 4, 2019

Very good lectures.

By lucio m

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Apr 6, 2016

Excellent Course...

By John W

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Mar 14, 2023

Great courses!!!!!

By Joaquin L

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Oct 30, 2020

They are awesome!!

By Mayank M

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Jul 16, 2020

Outstanding Course

By Barak A

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Jan 14, 2018

Thank you so much.

By Harry L

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Sep 3, 2017

fantanstic course.

By Giorgi T

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Oct 15, 2016

It is really great

By Ron T

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Mar 30, 2016

Good for beginners

By Ibrahim Z

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Oct 18, 2021

Very Inisghtful!

By KALLIOPI M

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Jan 21, 2021

excellent course!

By Nicolás C

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Oct 19, 2020

Excellent course!

By Igor M

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Sep 4, 2020

Excellent course!

By Akashbhai B P

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Jun 13, 2020

Very good course.

By Onur K P

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May 17, 2020

Very nice course!

By SAI T K

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May 8, 2020

Very Descriptive.

By Carlos A M E

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May 6, 2020

Excellent teacher