Investment Theory and Practice – Online Course – FutureLearn

Look at the investment choices open to you and the risks and returns of each Start managing your financial future effectively Ensure your investments are effective and match your risk-return appetite Research shows that UK households are poor at investment management with a limited understanding of choices risks and returns This could mean that many people cannot afford to retire in future This online course will give you the tools to avoid this nightmare You will study investment choices and the risks and returns of each investment strategies and your risk-return appetite and behaviours that can impair effective investment decisions The Open Universitys Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance created this course with the generous support of True Potential LLP Investment planning and decision-making Savings and investment products Investment risks Investment theories diversification portfolio theory capital-asset pricing model Investment theories efficient market hypothesis random walk theory chartism Investment in practice methods employed by fund managers Historical analysis of investment returns Historical investment episodes and what we learn from them Individual human behavioural biases and investment decision-making Group human behavioural biases and investment decision-making