Online Course – Google Certified Professional Internship in Finance

Reflect on your career in finance. Acquire the analytical and empirical methods essential to understanding asset pricing and portfolio choices.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת במימון של Google

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Analytical and empirical tools for understanding the activity of financial markets
  • Analysis of investors’ investment portfolio choices
  • Determining expected returns on assets
  • Measuring trade costs
  • Understanding the impact of order flow on market liquidity and price discovery
  • Understanding the purpose and use of algorithmic and high-frequency trading

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Investment Analyst
  • Investment Portfolio Manager
  • Capital market trader
  • Algorithmic Trading Expert
  • Financial advisor
  • Risk Manager
  • Securities Markets Analyst
  • Financial researcher
  • Market Research Manager
  • Financial planner

Internship – 3-part course series

This specialization in finance is designed for students who are interested in acquiring the analytical and empirical tools necessary to understand the operation of financial markets. Students will learn how investors choose their investment portfolios and how these choices affect asset prices in the market.

Main topics

  • The role of liquidity in securities markets
  • The impact of algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading
  • The trading process and its impact on asset price formation

The program will give students the tools and skills required to pursue a career in finance.

Hands-on Learning Project

Through a series of activities, quizzes, and assessments, students will learn:

  • Analyze investors’ portfolio choices
  • Determine the expected returns on assets
  • Measure the costs of trade
  • Understand how order flow affects market liquidity and price discovery
  • Understand the purpose and use of algorithmic and high-frequency trading

This course establishes a strong foundation for a career in finance.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Market structure

Course 1

Duration: 15 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Securities market
  • trade
  • Market liquidity and funding liquidity

What skills will you gain:

  • Trading Strategy
  • Financial Planning (Business)
  • Financial trading
  • Transaction management
  • Asset pricing models
  • Asset Pricing Basics

Course 2

Duration: 14 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Principles guiding investors’ portfolio choices
  • Criteria for determining the prices of financial securities
  • Main functions of financial markets
  • The impact of the launch of financial markets on household savings choices
  • The impact of the launch of financial markets on businesses’ investment choices

What skills will you gain:

  • Evaluation (finance)
  • Financial markets
  • Contingent Claims Market
  • Asset pricing models

Course 3

Duration: 9 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Principles related to investors’ portfolio choices
  • Criteria that define the prices of financial assets
  • Main functions of financial markets
  • The impact of a launch on household savings decisions
  • The impact of a launch on corporate investments in an economy without uncertainty

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