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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 policie...
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    ZK

    Jul 3, 2017

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    This course is brilliant- I enjoyed learning new information about the financial market and the instructors made it easy to grasp the information by using easy to understand examples.Many thanks,Zineb

    MC

    Jul 16, 2017

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    Mr. Michel is really an amazing teacher! His lectures are vivic and greatly attracts my attention. I hope to take more of his classes because I've Learned more than I nomally can do in a short class

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    Mar 29, 2020

    I am very happy with the course material and the presentations by Michel, in particular for the practical examples which help a lot to understand the underlying concepts better.

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    Nov 5, 2017

    This class review Essential concepts of investment- risk & return, within the framework of Macroeconomic. It's the first listen teaching what to put in a diversified portfolio.

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    Nov 9, 2020

    Got to learn a lot about Finance in this course , seemingly complicated topics related to investment management were made very easy in this course . I love Professor Michele .

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    By Evan B

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    May 20, 2019

    The instructors present many concrete examples for highly conceptual material. This approach makes learning and extrapolating easy. I recommend the course without reservation.

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    By Syed A

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    Oct 21, 2020

    Very Informative Course. Contained practical information which is applicable in modern day scenario. Faculty we explained the concepts crisp and clean with suitable examples.

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    By Aman J

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    Nov 6, 2021

    One of the most well crafted course on this website the complementary readings were really helpful and the examples professor Michel used made the course really interesting.

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    By Tay Y M

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    Mar 11, 2020

    Awesome lecturers and contents. Lively presentation with many examples. I find it useful for a beginner like myself to understand the financial baisics. Highly recommended!

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    By Akmaral A

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    Dec 31, 2020

    Thanks for an amazing course! I didn't like finance that much cause simply I didn't undertand it. Now with that Coursera course it got really comprehensible.

    Thanks a lot!

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    By Dharma K

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    Mar 22, 2021

    I am very impressed with knowledge of all the faculty from various backgrounds. All professors are great, special thanks to Michel for making the class very interesting.

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    By Mukesh A

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    Dec 24, 2018

    Dr. Michel has an extremely intuitive and easy way to explain complex topics. Highly recommend even if you have been working in financial industry for a number of years.

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    By suthakhar p

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    Dec 10, 2018

    It was a great course for beginners like me. Professor Michel was fabulous with his explanations and examples. Looking forward for the second part of the specialization.

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    By Ben W

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    Apr 14, 2017

    This course has been an amazing experience that broadened my understanding of financial markets! I recommend it to anyone interested in this area and wants to pursue it.

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    Nov 20, 2024

    This is a great introduction to financial markets and how the main instruments move with economic changes. It is easily explained to people with essential common sense.

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    By Diana Z C A

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    Oct 4, 2016

    Great course for those who want to better understand how main financial markets work. Lessons are short but precise and the readings for each module are worth the time.

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    Jun 18, 2021

    The tutors/lecturers are really Knowledgeable. It being self paced allowed me complete it despite my 8 to 5 schedule. The course content is informative and educative.

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    By Çiğdem B

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    Jan 24, 2019

    lots of helpful information explained very basically and clearly even engineers like me can easily understand basic approaches

    liked it a lot and reccomend it strongly

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    By Joaquín T

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    May 1, 2020

    I found it super interesting and very easy to follow, with lot of questions and examples. I have seen few courses like this. Michel Girardin you are a great teacher!

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    By Hannes R

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    Oct 2, 2017

    Michel is such a great lecturer. For me it was great to turn on 0,75x on video speed and use other sites as investopedia when things got complicated. A great course!

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    By Marin V

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    Oct 27, 2020

    Loved this course!

    Tests were for me rather difficult but it is good as it pushes you. Good overall picture of the financial markets. Explain well and with examples.

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    By Vishal A

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    Jun 23, 2020

    I want to start an portfolio management firm in the future and I have learnt a lot from this course. I enjoyed learning this. And Michel is a great teacher. Cheers!

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    By ahmed b

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    Sep 17, 2016

    i recommend this course for every one interested to understand the dynamics of financial markets and the future trends of financial markets and portfolio management

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    By Luis F N P

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    Aug 12, 2020

    I think this course have the most completely knowledges about financial markets and investments, was a pleasure do this, and I'll keep doing this course. Thank you

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    By Tamara L

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    Apr 14, 2019

    I learned a lot from this course. It was more that what I expected. I am very satisfied and grateful for having this opportunity. I strongly recommend this course.

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    By Sean L

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    May 21, 2020

    Very interesting and to the point videos which convey the necessary information clearly and at times with flair. Very enjoyable and palatable learning experience.

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