An Introduction to Financial Markets on Wall Street

Course details

An Introduction to Financial Markets on Wall Street gives a comprehensive introduction of financial markets, financial institutions and products on Wall Street.

• Equity, bond, MBS, FX, commodities
• Investment bank, mutual fund, hedge fund, insurance company, pension fund. 
• Financial derivatives (forward and future, option, interest rate swap, swaption, credit default swap, CMO, CDO)
• Investment risks (interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, counter-party risk)
• Financial crisis (a lot examples from the 2008 subprime crisis)
• Types of jobs on Wall Street (portfolio manager, trader, analyst, developer, operations and so on).

 What are differences between this course and other online finance courses? 

• Knowledgeable instructor (PhD from Stanford, worked at JP Morgan, Munich Re and a macro hedge fund)
• It uses the most updated financial and economic data and statistics from various sources including Fed, BLS, BEA, IMF, SIFMA, and US Department of Treasury.
• It is useful for all types of students. You can improve your financial knowledge needed for the personal financial planning. If you would like to seek a career in finance, this course gives your a complete training to land your dream job.