Name: Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets
Rating: 4.87 (206 reviews)

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Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets Overview

This course builds a solid mathematics foundation for a capital markets career. You will learn different topics on applied math to help you understand many finance concepts. This course covers simple and compound interest, future and present value, nominal and effective rates, annuity, DCF, and NPV. We will use Excel to demonstrate the calculation process and ensure you have practical skills to handle financial math problems.

Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Calculate simple and compound interest rates
Compare nominal rates and effective rates
Convert present values into future values and vice-versa
Calculate the present value of an annuity, discounted cash flows, as well as the net present value

Who should take this course?

This Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets course is perfect for beginners or anyone who would like to build up a strong math foundation for topics in capital markets. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in investment banking, sales, trading, treasury, or other finance areas that require fundamental math knowledge.

Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets

Led by Andrew Loo

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What you'll learn

Lesson

Multimedia

Exams

Files

Simple Interest

Course Introduction

Downloadable Files

Simple Interest

Future Value and Present Value

Future Value and Present Value with Simple Interest

Interactive Exercise 1

Compound Interest

Annual Compounding Excel Demonstration

Semi-Annual Compounding Excel Demonstration

Interactive Exercise 2

Nominal Rate and Effective Rate

Interactive Exercise 3

Future Value and Present Value with Compound Interest

Interactive Exercise 4

Annuity and NPV

Annuity

DCF and NPV

DCF and NPV Excel Demonstration

Changing Rates of Interest

Interactive Exercise 5

Download Completed Files

Qualified Assessment

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

All Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® Courses

Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets is part of the Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® certification, which includes 40 courses.

Skills Learned Trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets
Career Prep Work in capital markets, whether on the buy-side or the sell-side

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Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets
This course builds a solid mathematics foundation for a capital markets career. You will learn different topics on applied math to help you understand many finance concepts. This course covers simple and compound interest, future and present value, nominal and effective rates, annuity, DCF, and NPV.

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Challenging Refresher
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Solid Foundation
The way the basic concepts of simple and compound interest were defined in the course were really unique and interesting. The author has designed in such a way so that this solid and unique understanding approach will facilitate complex problem solving with variable interest rates, nominal values etc.

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excellent laerning tool
I like the little pop up quiz execrise, this can help me to remember what last video talking about.

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Straight to the point.
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Hard
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This course is useful especially for those who would like to have a refresher on math fundamentals

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COURSE COVERS ALL TOPICS THAT ARE SHOWN IN OBJECTIVES AND THE COURSE IS DESIGNED IN A ENGAGING MANNER.

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Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets
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Detailed and Well Structured course on foundation skills
This course introduces us to the math required in capital markets and how businesses use these concepts to determine about their future investments on projects.

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