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Overview
You’ll start by learning the role of financial markets and financial assets in a well-functioning economy. From there, you’ll learn about the wide range of financial instruments available in major asset classes, their features and valuations. You’ll explore how financial markets actually operate in the real world, focusing on how and where securities are traded and how various market types differ from one another in practice. You will also learn the basics of algorithmic trading, dark pools, buying on margin and short selling.
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- List and distinguish the different financial instruments available to an investor
- Compare global financial markets
- Explain the features of equity, debt, and derivative instruments
- Define traditional and alternative asset classes
- Discuss different trading venues and mechanics of securities trading
- Discuss the current trends affecting today’s financial markets
This Global Financial Markets and Instruments course offered by Coursera in partnership with Rice University is designed to be accessible for students of all knowledge levels and gives you the actionable foundation needed to manage money in a post-crisis world.
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Course structure:
- Review of Elementary Finance Tools
- Financial system & financial assets: fixed income securities
- Financial system & financial assets: equity securities and derivatives
- Organization of financial markets and securities trading
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Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
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Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Funding
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