UPenn - Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing
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Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing at Coursera Overview
Duration | 5 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 3 of 4 in the Fintech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 5 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing at Coursera Course details
- In this course, you?ll learn the foundational theories behind robo-advising, crowdfunding, and marketplace lending, and how to apply these theories to optimize your investments. Professor David Musto of the Wharton School has designed this course to help you gain a practical understanding of the theoretical frameworks of Modern Portfolio Theory and Financial Technology. You?ll learn how to apply the ideas behind robo-advising and crowdfunding to better assess and leverage a more optimized portfolio while managing risks. You?ll also explore the current consumer credit landscape and learn how to utilize financial technologies in your business. You?ll analyze real-life examples by studying the cases of Square and CommonBond. By the end of this course, you?ll have honed your skills in calculating risks and returns in robo-advising and crowdfunding, and be able to assess the value of marketplace lending to achieve better returns on your investments. No prerequisites are required for this course, although "Fintech: Foundations, Payments, and Regulations" and "Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital Currencies" from Wharton's Fintech Specialization are recommended.
Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing at Coursera Curriculum
Module 1: Robo-Advising
Module Introduction
Overview
Portfolio Theory
Mean Variance Optimization - Part 1
Mean Variance Optimization - Part 2
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) & Mutual Funds
Target Date Funds
Customization
Module 1 Lecture Slides
Module 1 Quiz: Robo-Advising
Module 2: Crowdfunding
Introduction to Crowdfunding
Raising Capital
Looking Back at the JOBS Act
Cost of Crowdfunding
Learning from the Crowd
Impact Investing
Module 2 Lecture Slides
Module 2 Quiz: Crowdfunding
Module 3: Marketplace Lending
Introduction to Marketplace Lending
The Consumer Credit Landscape
Evolution of Peer to Peer Lending
Student Loan Debt
Lending to Small Businesses
Module 3 Lecture Slides
Module 3 Quiz: Marketplace Lending
Module 4: Case Studies
Creating the New Frontier of FinTech - Square
Creating the New Frontier of FinTech - CommonBond
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