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Core Financial Concepts
and Asset Pricing

Financial markets drive the global economy, presenting endless opportunities for those who understand them. Mastering core financial concepts and asset pricing is crucial for understanding quantitative finance, and consequently unlocking success.

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Level: Beginner

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Duration: 2-3 Weeks

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Prerequisites: None

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50+ core concepts

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Cheat Sheet

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Final Quiz

Learning Outline

Lesson 1 (Free)

Overview of Financial Markets I

Start from scratch and reinforce the fundamental definitions and concepts in probability.

Lesson 2-4

Foundations of Financial Markets and Instruments

Financial markets, stocks and equities, bonds and fixed income, and more

Lesson 5-8

Pricing Models and Derivatives

Asset pricing models, MPT, CAPM, derivatives, options payoffs, risk-neutral valuation, and more

Summary

Summary Sheet

Condensed, summarised notes of all relevant financial concepts.

Quiz

Final Quiz

Test your knowledge of financial markets and assets with our final quiz!

    You can apply this content to:
  • Quantitative finance online assessments
  • Advanced Pattern Recognition
  • Calculations on-the-fly

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