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Global Financial Markets and Instruments
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
- Subtitles in Spanish
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Module 1: Introduction & Review of Elementary Finance Tools
This module introduces the Investment and Portfolio Management Specialization, which is made up of four courses. This module discusses how the first course, Global Financial Markets and Instruments, is organized. It outlines the different stages of the investm... - Week 2 - Module 2: Financial system & financial assets: fixed income securities
In this and the next module, we cover the key institutional features of financial markets and instruments. We ask the following questions: Why do financial markets exist? What role do they play? What are financial assets and how are they different than real as... - Week 3 - Module 3: Financial system & financial assets: equity securities and derivatives
In Module 3, we continue our overview of financial markets and instruments. We next focus on two other major asset classes: equity securities and derivative instruments. You will learn about how equity differs from fixed income securities, the cash flows assoc... - Week 4 - Module 4: Organization of financial markets and securities trading
In this module, we discuss how financial markets actually work. We will talk about different trading venues and the mechanics of securities trading. I will emphasize a lot of terminology and the latest trends in securities trading to familiarize you with the i...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Arzu Ozoguz
Finance Faculty
Jones Graduate School of Business
Editor
Rice University is a private American research university located in Houston, Texas. It is located in the city's Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. It was founded by William Marsh Rice (en) in 1891 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science, and Art, and was inaugurated in 1912 with Edgar Odell Lovett as its first president.
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