XXI Introduction to the Financial Market Course

Registrations open!

The Introduction to the Financial Market is a Poli Finance project designed to prepare the university community with the financial knowledge required by the market in the main selection processes.

The course is aimed at those who wish to:

- Deepen their knowledge of finance;

- Prepare for selection processes; 

- Learn about the areas of activity in the financial market.

The course consists of 13 lessons covering the following topics:

- Financial Market: basic concepts, market divisions, areas of activity;

- Investments: interest rates, fixed and variable income, investment theories, indicators;

- Financial Mathematics;

- Accounting: income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, financial ratios;

- Valuation;

- Case studies;

- Selection processes in the financial market;

- In addition to a class taught by a partner company, yet to be announced*.

*This class will be exclusive to in-person students.

This semester, the course will be offered in two modes: in-person and online. When enrolling, the student chooses one of the options and cannot attend classes in the other format.

Classes will not be recorded.

The course booklet will be distributed to students in the in-person class. For online students, it will only be provided to those who have purchased the booklet package*.

The online modality will offer both the standard package and the package with the booklet.

For the online modality, the package with the booklet will be available in two ticket options: one that allows for in-person pickup and another that guarantees delivery via mail. Pickup will be available exclusively for students who opt for in-person collection at "vão do biênio", POLI-USP, on April 7th (Monday) and April 9th (Wednesday), from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The in-person modality will include a promotional batch and two regular batches.

The course classes will take place both in-person and online on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:15 PM to 6:45 PM, except on May 20th and May 22nd due to exam week at Poli.

Payment methods:

- Payment slip

- Credit card

- Pix

Students from all colleges and courses are welcome!