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Personal Finance Courses

Personal finance courses can help you learn budgeting, saving strategies, investment basics, and debt management. You can build skills in financial goal setting, expense tracking, and understanding credit scores. Many courses introduce tools like budgeting apps, investment platforms, and financial calculators, showing how these skills can be applied to manage your money effectively and make informed financial decisions.


Popular Personal Finance Courses and Certifications


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    Caltech

    Pricing Options with Mathematical Models

    Skills you'll gain: Derivatives, Financial Market, Finance, Risk Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Financial Modeling, Risk Management, Probability, Advanced Mathematics, Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Probability Distribution, Calculus

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Advanced Valuation and Strategy - M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital

    Skills you'll gain: Strategic Decision-Making, Business Valuation, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Game Theory, Strategic Thinking, Financial Analysis, Business Strategy, Return On Investment, Investment Banking, Cash Flows, Corporate Finance, Competitive Analysis

    Build toward a degree

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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Board Infinity

    Generative AI in Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Fraud detection, Financial Analysis, Risk Modeling, Financial Regulations

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation

    Skills you'll gain: Mergers & Acquisitions, Working Capital, Cash Management, Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Financial Statement Analysis, Finance, Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Return On Investment, Capital Budgeting, Cash Flow Forecasting, Financial Accounting, Performance Measurement, Financial Forecasting, Risk Analysis

    Build toward a degree

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Compare Stock Returns with Google Sheets

    Skills you'll gain: Risk Analysis, Google Sheets, Financial Analysis, Quantitative Research, Spreadsheet Software, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Securities (Finance), Probability & Statistics

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    678 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    EDUCBA

    Personality Development & Self Growth

    Skills you'll gain: Tenacity, Persistence, Personal Attributes, Persona Development, Personal Development, Human Development, Self-Awareness, Case Studies, Resilience, Overcoming Obstacles, Growth Mindedness, Lifelong Learning, Psychology, Cognitive flexibility, Social Sciences, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Diversity, Sociology, Social Work, Goal Setting

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Harvard Business Review

    Master Financial Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Financial Management, Budgeting, Financial Data, Financial Analysis, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Performance Analysis, Resource Allocation, Variance Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Return On Investment, Investments, Cash Flows

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced

    Skills you'll gain: Risk Modeling, Operations Research, Regression Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Business Analytics, Risk Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Business Modeling, Data Modeling, Resource Allocation, Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Process Optimization, Financial Analysis, Statistical Methods, Predictive Analytics, Transportation Operations, Complex Problem Solving, Linear Algebra

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    4K reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    IBM AI Product Manager

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, AI Product Strategy, Generative AI, New Product Development, Product Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Generative Model Architectures, Product Development, Innovation, ChatGPT, Product Roadmaps, Usability Testing, Product Planning, Responsible AI, Commercialization, Artificial Intelligence, Product Strategy, Project Management Life Cycle, OpenAI

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Corporate Finance Institute

    Data Skills for Excel Professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables And Charts, Star Schema, Spreadsheet Software, Data Transformation, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Excel Formulas, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence, Competitive Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Integration, Data Import/Export

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    Excel Basics for Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Excel Formulas, Microsoft Excel, Data Cleansing, Data Analysis, Data Import/Export, Spreadsheet Software, Data Wrangling, Data Quality, Pivot Tables And Charts, Google Sheets, Data Manipulation, Data Science, Data Integrity, Information Privacy

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Personality Development: Analyze, Apply & Transform

    Skills you'll gain: Tenacity, Persistence, Personal Attributes, Personal Development, Self-Awareness, Case Studies, Emotional Intelligence, Growth Mindedness, Resilience, Overcoming Obstacles, Cognitive flexibility, Psychology

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular personal finance courses

  • Pricing Options with Mathematical Models: Caltech
  • Advanced Valuation and Strategy - M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital: Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Generative AI in Finance: Board Infinity
  • Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Compare Stock Returns with Google Sheets: Coursera
  • Personality Development & Self Growth: EDUCBA
  • Master Financial Fundamentals: Harvard Business Review
  • Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced: Johns Hopkins University
  • IBM AI Product Manager: IBM
  • Data Skills for Excel Professionals: Corporate Finance Institute

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