This Finance specialization is intended for students who want to acquire the analytical and empirical tools needed to understand the functioning of financial markets. Students will learn how investors choose their portfolios and how their choices determine equilibrium asset prices. Students will analyze the role of liquidity in securities markets, and they will understand how security trading is organized and regulated and how it has been reshaped by algorithmic and high frequency trading, and how the trading process affects the formation of asset prices. The program will equip students with the tools and the skills necessary to pursue a career in the financial industry.
Finance Specialization
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Finance Specialization
Launch your Career in Finance. Acquire the key analytical and empirical methods for understanding asset pricing and portfolio choices
Instructors: Lorenzo Pandolfi
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Intermediate level
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1 month at 10 hours a week
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Theoretical foundations of asset pricing
How to model and analyze portfolio choices
The role of liquidity in securities markets
How security trading is organized and regulated
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
security market; trading; market liquidity and funding liquidity
Skills you'll gain
Category: Market Liquidity
Category: Market Dynamics
Category: Securities Trading
Category: Order Processing
Category: Financial Market
Category: Equities
Category: Algorithms
Category: Financial Regulation
Category: Financial Trading
Category: Market Data
Category: Technical Analysis
What you'll learn
Understand the principles underlying investors' portfolio choices and the criteria that determine the prices of financial instruments
Understand the main functions performed by the financial markets
Analyzing how the introduction of the financial markets influences the saving choices of households
Analyzing how the introduction of the financial markets influences the investment choices of businesses in an economy without uncertainty
Skills you'll gain
Category: Portfolio Management
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Finance
Category: Financial Market
Category: Probability Distribution
Category: Decision Making
Category: Investments
Category: Equities
Category: Economics
Category: Risk Management
Category: Capital Markets
What you'll learn
Understand the principles connected to investors' portfolio choices and the criteria that determine the prices of financial instruments
Understand the main functions performed by the financial markets
Analyzing how their introduction influences the households' savings choices and companies' investment in an economy without uncertainty
Skills you'll gain
Category: Risk Modeling
Category: Portfolio Management
Category: Finance
Category: Securities (Finance)
Category: Estimation
Category: Fixed Asset
Category: Asset Management
Category: Regression Analysis
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Statistical Methods
Category: Investments
Category: Financial Market
Category: Equities
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Derivatives
Category: Capital Markets
Category: Financial Analysis
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Frequently asked questions
Time to completion can vary based on your schedule and experience level, but most learners are able to complete the Specialization in about 4 months.
This is an intermediate level Specialization, you will be able to follow it better if you have prior knowledge of the following topics: mathematics (at undergraduate level); statistics (at undergraduate level); microeconomics (at undergraduate level).
We recommend taking the courses in the order presented.
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