This specialization is intended for students who want to gain a deep understanding of the functioning of financial markets and the role played by financial intermediaries. Students will analyze the role of liquidity in securities markets, and they will understand how security trading is organized and regulated and how it has been reshaped by algorithmic and high frequency trading, and how the trading process affects the formation of asset prices. They will also learn how to apply basic techniques to price derivatives and use them for hedging or speculative purposes. Finally, they will study how banking crises arise and propagate to the real economy, what regulators can do to prevent them, and how the “Fintech revolution” is shaping the banking industry.
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Financial Markets Specialization
Advance your Career in Finance. Master analytical and empirical tools for analyzing financial markets
Instructors: Marco Pagano
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What you'll learn
The role played by financial intermediaries
The role of liquidity in securities markets
Key techniques to price derivatives
The impact of high-frequency trading on security markets
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
security market; trading; market liquidity and funding liquidity
Skills you'll gain
What you'll learn
Evaluate the effect of investment strategies on the risk and return of a portfolio
Evaluate different uses of financial derivatives (e.g., hedging, speculation)
Evaluate different pricing models to calculate the price of the various financial instruments
Develop and employ theoretical asset pricing models to price these derivative instruments
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What you'll learn
analyze business models and their impact on the functioning and stability of the banking sector starting from the databases available online;
evaluate the critical issues and specificities of the modern banking system in contexts where the development of the financial market is limited;
apply banking sector innovations in institutions;
identify financial intermediation risks and contribute to long-term economic growth.
analyze banking system effects on market efficiency and stability; evaluate the impact of fintech on financial intermediation.
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Time to completion can vary based on your schedule and experience level, but most learners are able to complete the Specialization in about 4 months.
To follow this program, prior knowledge of mathematics, statistics and asset pricing at undergraduate level, is recommended.
We recommend taking the courses in the order presented.
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