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Financial Literacy
Advance Learning

Financial Literacy
What you do not know about money can really affect your entire life! Financial Literacy is a free, online introductory course about personal financial management. In this interactive multimedia cours..
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Currency Exchange
Khan Academy

Currency Exchange
When most people think about currency exchange, we are usually thinking about buying foreign currency to bring with us on vacation. However, currency exchange involves much more such as treasuries, b..
Students: 10,644 Start Course

Introduction to Stocks and Short Selling
Khan Academy

Introduction to Stocks and Short Selling
Everyone knows that when you identify stocks that you believe are going to increase in price you buy them. But how can you profit from stocks that you believe will decline in price? The answer is sho..
Students: 10,484 Start Course
Financial Funds
Khan Academy

Financial Funds
Financial funds are a very important topic to understand in the area of financial economics. The terms hedge funds, open ended funds and mutual funds are often mentioned in the business and financial..
Students: 7,557 Start Course

Introduction to Managing Your Personal Finance Debts
Christine Williams

Introduction to Managing Your Personal Finance Debts
Personal financial debt can be a source of great anxiety and worry for many people, and it can be difficult to know where to start when you want to take control of your financial debts. This free onl..
Students: 4,416 Start Course
Introduction to Behavioural Finance
University of Western Sydney

Introduction to Behavioural Finance
Behavioural finance is a new and exciting area in economics that combines the psychology of human behaviour with the traditional theories of finance and economics. The result is a new explanation of ..
Students: 3,118 Start Course
How to Negotiate the Price When Buying a House
Procurement Academy

How to Negotiate the Price When Buying a House
Buying a house is the largest financial investment decision most people will make in their lives, and can be a source of great stress and anxiety for buyers. Many people would benefit from the advice..
Students: 2,966 Start Course
Trading in a Futures Market
Khan Academy

Trading in a Futures Market
In the world of finance, futures trading is a very important activity to understand. It can have a great impact on all our lives as it effects the future prices of essential items such as food, energ..
Students: 2,435 Start Course
Introduction to Venture Capital
Khan Academy

Introduction to Venture Capital
Venture capital firms play an important role in the financial services industry, yet not much is known about them by the average lay person. The venture capital market is made up of private equity fi..
Students: 2,344 Start Course
Introduction to Personal and Corporate Taxes
Khan Academy

Introduction to Personal and Corporate Taxes
There is an old saying that the two certainties in life are death and taxes. In this free online course aspects of personal taxation and corporate taxation are reviewed with an emphasis on the US tax..
Students: 2,265 Start Course
Introduction to Financial Instruments in Economics
Khan Academy

Introduction to Financial Instruments in Economics
A financial instrument is a tradable asset of any kind and they are a key component of the modern financial market system as they allow for efficient flow of capital through the global financial mark..
Students: 2,138 Start Course
Introduction to Life Insurance and Retirement Savings
Khan Academy

Introduction to Life Insurance and Retirement Savings
Having adequate life insurance and retirement savings are two very important aspects of personal financial planning. This free online personal finance course introduces and explains the basic forms o..
Students: 1,731 Start Course
Introduction to Simple and Compound Interest
Khan Academy

Introduction to Simple and Compound Interest
Any person with a bank account, credit card or bank loan will come across aspects of simple interest and compound interest. However, many people have difficulty in distinguishing between the two type..
Students: 1,675 Start Course
Understanding Present Value
Khan Academy

Understanding Present Value
Present Value is one of the most widely used concepts in the financial world as its calculation can determine the current worth of a future sum of money or stream of cash flow given a specified rate ..
Students: 1,566 Start Course
Understanding Risk and Reward in Finance
Khan Academy

Understanding Risk and Reward in Finance
Risk and reward are two important elements of investment. An investor expects that the more risk that is taken with an investment the higher the reward should be. In this free online course the learn..
Students: 1,472 Start Course
Virtual Currencies: A Case Study of Bitcoin
Khan Academy

Virtual Currencies: A Case Study of Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a type of digital currency that can be used in electronic payment systems. It is a crypto-currency that relies on sophisticated cryptographic methods to create and manage the currency. In ..
Students: 1,395 Start Course
Understanding the Greek Financial Debt Crisis
Khan Academy

Understanding the Greek Financial Debt Crisis
Since the late 1990s public spending in Greece was on the rise but revenue generated by the Greek economy did not keep pace. This resulted in a growing government deficit that was not made known to t..
Students: 1,211 Start Course
Understanding Mortgages and Home Equity
Khan Academy

Understanding Mortgages and Home Equity
Taking out a mortgage for a house or property is the biggest financial commitment most people make in their lives. Because of this it is of vital importance that people understand the financial conce..
Students: 1,163 Start Course
Succeeding as a Venture Capitalist
Stanford

Succeeding as a Venture Capitalist
In the free online course, John Doerr talks about how to succeed as a venture capitalist. John is a legend in venture investing having played a key role in the emergence and development of some of Si..
Students: 943 Start Course
Understanding the American Financial Credit Crisis
Khan Academy

Understanding the American Financial Credit Crisis
The recent financial credit crisis in America has profoundly affected not just the American economy but the global economy as a whole. The American economy is showing some signs of recovery recently ..
Students: 913 Start Course
Understanding Financial Contracts
Khan Academy

Understanding Financial Contracts
Put options and Call options are widely used financial contracts by investors and are part of very important financial trading methods that keep the financial markets running. In this free online cou..
Students: 895 Start Course

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