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Financial Funds
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Financial Funds

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Financial Funds

This course covers types of financial funds - such as open-ended, closed-end, mutual and hedge - clearly and concisely.
In this free online hedge funds course, you can develop your understanding of financial funds and economics. Terms like ‘hedge funds’, ‘open-ended funds’, and ‘mutual funds’ are regularly employed... In this free online hedge funds course, you can develop your understanding of financial funds and economics. Terms like ‘hedge funds’, ‘open-ended funds’, and ‘mutual funds’ are regularly employed by fund managers and the financial media but few people truly understand what they mean. This course will give you a better understanding of these terms and their role in economics in a few short hours.
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What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Define acronyms related to financia...
  • Explain how open-end and closed-end...
  • Outline the method to calculate the...
  • Describe how hedge funds operate an...
  • Define acronyms related to financial funds
  • Explain how open-end and closed-end mutual funds operate
  • Outline the method to calculate the net asset value (NAV) per share
  • Describe how hedge funds operate and the role that the SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) plays in hedge funds
  • Explain why there is an element of secrecy to do with hedge funds
  • Discuss the role of fund managers in different types of funds and the fees that they can earn in each
  • Explain the dangers when something is 'too big to fail'
  • Describe the differences between venture capital funds and private equity
  • Explain what it means to take a short or long position with a company on the market
  • Discuss what is involved with merger arbitrage
  • Outline the difficulties with using 'insider information'
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it's very great, I enjoyed learned and the system is very friendly, also the lecturer was fantastic
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Njei K. Alison Graduate
Very short and refreshing. Nice revision
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Barbara R. Alison Graduate
loved this course
Very well explained for a visual learner like me. Recommend!
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Raphael M. Alison Graduate
Awesome. This has set me on the part to becoming a great financial writer.
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