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Want to develop fin acumen via insti courses but don’t know where to start? Here are some recommendations from our OP seniors:

But wait, who are we again? 

We are a bunch of enthusiastic undergraduate students from IIT Madras, working on presenting a simplified version of the financial concepts, economical events, market movements happening across the globe with minimum jargon and more creativity through our magazine, InvestmentEtc by Finance Club. In addition to these, we have taken a step further to provide valuable resources for our junta to excel in Fin/Quant roles during placements. Check out the first article here – https://investmentetc.club/2022/11/25/intern-placement-prep/ 

In this article, I will be discussing some of the courses that have proved to be really helpful in expanding financial knowledge and grabbing some amazing job opportunities for our seniors and alums.  

Principles of Economics (HS3002A/B/C/D) – 9 credits

• It walks us through the consequences of people’s behavior on an economy, as a whole, the trade offs between two or more parties, the opportunity costs and so on.
• Includes a decent amount of terms and definitions that are pretty easy to understand. 
• A good course for a beginner to get to know about the impact of us being decision makers in the global economy.

 Accounting and Finance for engineers (MS3610) – 9 credits

• Gives a fair understanding of financial management in corporations through cash flow statements, different ratios used in the accounting, net present value of future cash flows which will be used as a benchmark for deciding whether to take up a project or not, bond & stock valuation, budget making, risks and returns.
• It’s a proper course for beginners in the finance domain who want to learn the basics of financial accounting and will be useful for personal finance as well.

Fundamentals of finance : Coursera 

• Introduces us to corporate finance:  different types of valuations, interests, annuities, etc. It helps us to calculate the risks and returns to optimize investments for a firm.
• Involves a generous amount of numeric formulae and calculations. The problems in the quizzes give a good understanding of the topics covered.
• It’s a part of Finance and Accounting specialization in coursera (one can do the course without opting for the specialization as well) .
• Financial aid is helpful to get access to the quizzes and get a certificate on completion of the course.

Algorithmic Trading and Quantitative Analysis using Python: Udemy

• Deals with quantitative analysis of financial data using python, coding technical indicators, building trading strategies, performing backtesting and finally building an automated trading set up.
• A very useful course for someone who wants to start learning algorithmic trading as we encounter a huge number of Algo-trading startups and projects coming up.

That’s it from us today! See you at the next issue!