Personal Finance 1: Investing Fundamentals

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course covers important concepts for those interested in financial planning as a career opportunity, and for those wishing to learn how to manage their personal finances effectively. This course teaches fundamentals of investing and introduces the major asset classes. Topics covered include investment basics, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Objectives of this course include learning about financial markets, understanding analysis to support investment decisions, rewards and risks of equity investments, fixed income asset investing and its place in your portfolio, advantages of mutual funds and ETFs, effectively managing investment risk, and basic economic theory.