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Please note: this course will be closing on 11 May 2022. After this date, you will no longer be able to study the course but if you've already gained your cerficate this will continue to display in your learner profile.

FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos

3 hours, 17 minutes

Units & Quizzes

17

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Certificate of Completion

Risk, in a financial context, is a synonym for uncertainty. This free course will allow those with some background knowledge of the area to explore investment risk. You will examine how and why investors are risk-averse and look at the risk factors involved in making a decision to invest.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • Explain the concept of risk in an investment context
  • comment critically on the impact of the principal risk factors in a given investment context.

Course Currilcum

  • Introduction 00:10:00
  • Learning outcomes 00:03:00
    • A note about terminology 00:05:00
    • Are investors risk-averse? 00:15:00
    • Looking at each of the possible alternative outcomes 00:15:00
    • Calculating returns 00:30:00
    • Background 00:15:00
    • Maturity 00:07:00
    • Liquidity 00:15:00
    • Variability of income 00:05:00
    • Default or credit risk 00:10:00
    • Event risk 00:07:00
    • Interest rate risk 00:20:00
    • Introduction 00:05:00
    • Discounted cash flow 00:10:00
    • Net present value 00:15:00
    • Conclusion 00:10:00