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Finance for Everyone: Markets

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

417 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
1 week at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace

Build your subject-matter expertise

This course is part of the Finance for Everyone Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 4 modules in this course

Markets begins with one of the most common and important elements of the financial system – interest rates. You will learn why interest rates have always been a key barometer in determining the value of everything. You will explore the changing influence of interest rates; the impact of interest rates on consumption, investment and economic growth; and the bizarre realities of negative interest rates. Markets explains how interest rates change the value of all financial instruments, highlighting the role of the bond and stock markets that have toppled empires. We take a closer look at the equity pricing models and equity markets that reverberate across the globe, and explore everything from the first stock ever issued – by the Dutch East India Company – to the little-understood but powerful derivative securities market. By the end of the course, you will have developed insight into the intersections of the financial markets with worlds of policy, politics, and power. You will have demonstrated that insight by teaching an important financial concept and translating a financial product or transaction to someone who will clearly benefit from your advice.

Welcome! This first week will orient you to the specialization and help set you up to make the most of your experience with us in Finance for Everyone: Markets. You will also engage with a fundamental concept that has tremendous influence on financial markets, communicate with your fellow learners, and familiarize yourself with the course culminating project.

What's included

3 videos7 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts

3 videos•Total 24 minutes
  • Introduction to Finance for Everyone: Markets•6 minutes
  • Interest Rates Part 1•11 minutes
  • Interest Rates Part 2•8 minutes
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
  • F4E Specialization Snapshot•10 minutes
  • Course Outline•10 minutes
  • Course Connections: Where are our learners from?•10 minutes
  • Keeping a Learning Portfolio•10 minutes
  • LearnSmart - What it is & how to use it•10 minutes
  • (Optional) LearnSmart: Chapter 7 Interest Rates•10 minutes
  • Introduction to Presentation Final Assignment•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Making a Difference in Week 1•30 minutes
  • Markets Intro Survey•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Course Connections: Learner Introductions!•10 minutes
  • Your Interest in Interest Rates•10 minutes

Week 2 is all about bonds! You will explore this market from its inception to present day, discuss a current curious phenomenon, develop skills for pricing bonds, and have the opportunity to engage in experiencing the market for yourself! Don't forget to continue working towards your course culminating project!

What's included

3 videos4 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts

3 videos•Total 44 minutes
  • Bonds Part I: Introduction•7 minutes
  • Bonds Part II: Pricing•25 minutes
  • Solutions to Bond Quiz•12 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
  • Background Information on Bonds•10 minutes
  • (Optional) LearnSmart Chapter 7B: Bond Valuation•10 minutes
  • MarketEx: Bonds Week Instructions•10 minutes
  • Bond Resources•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Bonds•30 minutes
  • Making a Difference in Week 2•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Course Connections: Negative Interest Rates - The Modern Blob?•10 minutes
  • MarketEx: Following Bonds•10 minutes

Week 3 is Stocks week! You will familiarize yourself with this market from its creation to present day, review key moments of market turbulence, develop skills for pricing stocks, and turn your MarketEx focus to experience stocks! As you explore all things stocks, you will continue to prepare your course culminating assignment.

What's included

4 videos3 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts

4 videos•Total 54 minutes
  • Stocks: Introduction•8 minutes
  • Stocks: Pricing•17 minutes
  • Stocks: Turbulence•16 minutes
  • Solutions to Stocks Quiz•12 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
  • (Optional) LearnSmart Chapter 8: Stocks•10 minutes
  • MarketEx: Stocks Week Instructions•10 minutes
  • Stock Resources•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Stocks•30 minutes
  • Making a Difference in Week 3•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Course Connections: Getting to the Good Questions•10 minutes
  • MarketEx: Following Stocks•10 minutes

In Week 4, you will synthesize your learnings for Finance for Everyone: Markets. You will participate in a peer review of Presentation materials submitted by your classmates, reflect on your key learnings from this course, and look ahead to Finance for Everyone: Value!

What's included

4 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts

4 videos•Total 27 minutes
  • Introduction to Derivative Securities•6 minutes
  • Derivative Securities Part II•6 minutes
  • Derivative Securities Part III•7 minutes
  • Course 2 Epilogue•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • (Optional) LearnSmart Chapter 25 Options and Corporate Securities•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • End of Course Feedback•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Presentation Assignment•120 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • MarketEx: Lessons Learned•10 minutes
  • Course Connections: Beyond Markets•10 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. Develop your understanding of the broader context of finance as it relates to financial markets.

2. Explain the importance of interest rates to financial markets.

3. Familiarize yourself with bond, stock, and derivative financial markets.

4. Perform financial calculations with accuracy.

5. Gain experience researching investment options and tracking their performance over time.

6. Converse with others about financial concepts with confidence.

7. Build confidence in your ability to participate in financial markets.

8. Relate important financial concepts and issues to experiences in your daily life and the real world.

The course is structured to be 4 weeks in length.

This course will be offered every month.

No previous knowledge is required. It is recommended that learners have basic mathematics knowledge.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

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