An Introduction to Financial Markets on Wall Street

Comprehensive guide to finance: equity, debt, FX, commodities, derivatives, investment bank, hedge fund, risk, jobs

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An Introduction to Financial Markets on Wall Street

What You Will Learn!

Understand the function of financial markets and financial institutions (investment banks, funds, insurance companies and so on).
Learn most updated financial and economic data.
Understand financial instruments (stock, bond, FX, MBS and commodities) and their derivatives (options, futures, interest rate swap, swaption, credit default swap, CMO and CDO).
Learn financial instrument related risk (interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and counterparty risk). Learn 2008 financial crisis.
Learn what is the difference between sell side and buy side. Learn different jobs on Wall Street and what skills are needed.

Description

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.