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For beginners investing their capital in financial markets, especially stock market, can be quite intimidating and starting up can be a daunting task. To avoid unnecessary losses, it is important to learn in a safe, insightful way of investing in financial markets. And even before learning the safe, insightful ways of investment, it is vital to have a thorough understanding of Financial Markets.
What are Financial Markets?
Financial Markets and Institutions are pillars of every growing economy to support people in their productive ventures and manage the economic risks they take on. Conditions in these markets change quite quickly and to make safe investments one should have complete knowledge of how they work.
Who should take this course?
Aspiring investors, analysts and brokers are prospective candidates to take this course. Business and Finance students who want to carry out research or pursue advanced studies in this field can also benefit from this course.
What will you learn from this course?
At the end of this course you will have learnt the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. You will also be able to analyze financial practices today and predict future of these practices. Introduction to risk management and behavioral finance principles will help you understand the execution of securities, insurance, and banking industries. At the end of the course you will be able to predict financial markets’ actions today and their progression in future.
Table of Contents:
- Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces in Our Economy and Society
- The Universal Principle of Risk Management: Pooling and the Hedging of Risks
- Technology and Invention in Finance
- Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions (CAPM Model)
- Insurance: The Archetypal Risk Management Institution
- Efficient Markets vs. Excess Volatility
- Behavioral Finance: The Role of Psychology
- Human Foibles, Fraud, Manipulation, and Regulation
- Debt Markets
- Stocks
- Real Estate Finance and Its Vulnerability to Crisis
- Banking: Successes and Failures
- The Evolution and Perfection of Monetary Policy
- Investment Banking and Secondary Markets
- Professional Money Managers and Their Influence
- Brokerage, ECNs, etc.
- Forwards and Futures
- Stock Index, Oil and Other Futures Markets
- Making It Work for Real People: The Democratization of Finance
Author Bio:
This course has been prepared Robert J. Shiller, who is Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University. Specializing in behavioral finance and real estate, Professor Shiller is also a Fellow at the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management.

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