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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 content

  • 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

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