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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Understanding Financial Markets by University of Geneva

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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

SM

Aug 17, 2019

Great course. However, some basics concepts were not explained and Michel should have taken examples and taught the concepts, rather than just teaching the theory with confusing graph diagrams.

WM

Aug 14, 2016

Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Very well thought out and presented in an informative and very engaging manner. Brought to life many subjects I was aware of but lacked in depth understanding.

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By Tania v

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Feb 10, 2020

Data is not updated for 2018/2019

By Ritesh T

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Sep 14, 2016

Quite informative for beginners.

By Aditya R N

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Sep 2, 2019

Well explained and structured.

By Kleider S V G

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Nov 26, 2021

It was an interesting course.

By Jonathan T X E

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May 28, 2020

May be confusing at times

By RadhaKrishna S

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Feb 13, 2016

good for basic knowledge

By Setsuya S

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Oct 31, 2016

Useful introductioin

By Ishika c

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Apr 25, 2020

very well explained

By Mees M

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Jan 14, 2025

VEEL INFORMATIE

By Sem A

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Jun 2, 2020

amazing course

By Lora M

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Apr 11, 2026

Very helpful

By Damirbek S

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Feb 18, 2016

Nice course.

By Carlos S T O

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Sep 18, 2024

Interesante

By Harpreet S L

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Apr 1, 2020

good course

By Sarath M

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May 30, 2017

Nice Course

By karan r

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May 27, 2016

good course

By Aly M

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Oct 2, 2021

very good

By Jaiwant N A

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Mar 10, 2016

Very good!

By Ricardo G P

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Nov 9, 2024

biennnnnn

By cemberk

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Dec 30, 2018

Too macro

By Athuliya V S

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Sep 27, 2017

Very Good

By BHUVANA M S G

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Mar 31, 2016

Good!

By Tra M V

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Sep 11, 2021

good

By RAGSHANA A

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Nov 9, 2020

well

By SANJAI

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Oct 13, 2020

good