Essentials of Investments
This course covers topics taught in an essentials of investments course at an undergraduate/graduate level. This course cover 10 to 15% for the BEC section of the CPA exam and 20 to 25% of the CFA exam.
Course Description
This course benefits students taking essentials of investments (undergraduate or graduate course) students, CPA exam (BEC) candidates and CFA exam candidates. It is a supplementary course for your education and an investment in your future.
Course Topics:
- Investments Background and Issues:
- Real Assets Vs. Financial Assets
- Financial Crisis of 2008
- Asset classes and Financial Instruments:
- Money Market
- Bond Market
- Equities Market
- Derivatives Market
- Stock Market Indices
- Securities Market
- Market Order
- U.S. Market: NASDAQ & NYSE
- Buying on Margin
- Short Sales
- Electronic Trading: Algorithmic Trading, High Frequency Trading & Dark Pool
- Type Investment Companies
- All About Mutual Funds (taxation)
- Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)
- Geometric, Arithmetic and Dollar Weighted Average Return
- Nominal Interest Rate
- Normal Distribution
- Risk Aversion and Sharpe Ratio
- Systemic vs Unsystematic Risk
- Portfolio Covariance and Correlation Coefficient
- Simple Regression
- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Fama French 3 Factors Model
- Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis
- Bond Prices and Yields
- Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis
- Equity Valuation
- Dividend Discount Model
- Present Value of Growth Opportunities
- P/E Ratio
- Options Market
Course Features:
- 90 Video Lectures,
- PPT slides notes
- 290+ Multiple Choice questions
Course Content
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Course Includes
- 13 Lessons
- 88 Topics
- 12 Quizzes
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