The Complete Guide to the Global Capital Markets 2026 (Udemy.com)
Financial Markets | Financial Math | FX | Derivatives | Futures & Options | Equities Stocks | Fixed Income Bonds
Created by: Starweaver Group
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Describe the function and structure of global capital markets.
- Appreciate what the capital markets are and the role they play in the economic and financial system
- Use fundamental financial mathematics concepts to perform financial calculations and analyses.
- Discuss the characteristics and types of fixed income securities and how they are traded in the market.
- Analyze the characteristics and performance of equity (stock) markets, including the role of market indices and financial ratios.
- Evaluate the mechanics of currency and FX markets, including exchange rates and how they are influenced by economic and political factors.
- Examine the role of derivatives in managing risk in the capital markets, including futures and options contracts.
- Differentiate the different types of futures and options and how they are used in different market scenarios.
How it compares
Against the other 376 rated Udemy courses in Finance & Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 17% of them
- Reviews1,483#93 of 377 by number of reviews
- Length11.2 hourslonger than 78% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 90% of them
Course Description
If you are relatively new to the capital markets or want to understand the real-world mechanics of how the markets and products function, then this collection of courses are probably right for you.
This course will give you a broad and deep induction into the capital markets and financial markets:
who are the primary participants, issuers, investors and intermediaries?
what are the products they trade and exchange?
how are these financial instruments structured, and why?
how do the financial instruments get priced?
how do these capital markets and financial markets play a role in the broader economic and financial system?
Unlike many high-level “survey” courses, this is a truly chock-filled program which is divided into six (6) sections with sixty-one (61) lectures over approximately 11 hours. This includes:
Capital Markets Overview
Fundamental Financial Mathematics
Fixed Income Markets
Equity (Stock) Markets
Currency/FX and Derivatives Markets
Futures and Options
More about this course and Starweaver
This course is led by a seasoned financial industry practitioner and executive with many years of hands-on, in-the-trenches capital markets work. It has been designed, produced and delivered by Starweaver. Starweaver is one of the most highly regarded, well-established training providers in the World, providing training courses to many of the leading financial institutions and technology companies, including:
Ahli United Bank; Mashreqbank; American Express; ANZ Bank; ATT; Banco Votorantim; Bank of America; Bank of America Global Markets; Bank of America Private Bank; Barclay Bank; BMO Financial Group; BMO Financial Services; BNP Paribas; Boeing; Cigna; Citibank; Cognizant; Commerzbank; Credit Lyonnais/Calyon; Electrosonic; Farm Credit Administration; Fifth Third Bank; GENPACT; GEP Software; GLG Group; Hartford; HCL; HCL; Helaba; HSBC; HSBC Corporate Bank; HSBC India; HSBC Private Bank; Legal & General; National Australia Bank; Nomura Securities; PNC Financial Services Group; Quintiles; RAK Bank; Regions Bank; Royal Bank of Canada; Royal Bank of Scotland; Santander Corporate Bank; Tata Consultancy Services; Union Bank; ValueMomentum; Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo India Solutions; Westpac Corporate Bank; Wipro; and, many others.
Happy learning.
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
1,483 Reviews
Starweaver Group
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Reviews
By Shruti Kulkarni on 5/30/2026
Comprehensive coverage of topics, excellent explanation, simplified real world operation of the financial markets. All terminologies, concepts, assets types very well explained with examples.
By Anonymized User on 9/15/2025
"Derivatives are complicated" is all I've ever heard. Thanks to this course I see that they're not that bad if you can understand some elementary calculus and use or write some fairly straightforward programs.
By Ryan Nyawade on 6/9/2025
It's a great course. Gets a bit technical when it comes to the formulas in financial mathematics. I had to go back in order to go forward. All in all I know the concepts being taught in the course will be beneficial in my banking career
By Joel Jackson on 4/7/2025
The course is so far informative and the tutor clarifies concepts very well
By Mi-Jeanne Webers on 9/29/2024
The way of explaining is a bit hard to understand the concepts
By Joe Abi Aad on 6/29/2023
The course is dense and of great value. I was not able to view module No 45 because the video seems corrupted. I tried several times and the content tries to stream but it is garbled and stays stuck.
By Sahl Syed on 10/29/2022
The explanations are very convoluted. The course is certainly not for beginners. I would put it at an intermediate or advanced level. If you're a beginner, then I I'd say to read an investopedia article for each video before actually watching a video!
By Praveen Somervell on 5/5/2021
Deep knowledge session. Learnt everything on capital market structure and how it operates with all basic terms of each market segments. Kudos to the team and Thanks!
By James Johanason on 2/2/2021
Initially I thought this would be too hard for me, but it turns out the instructor is super at explaining things. Starts simple and then gets into all the details. I really LOVE it.
By Bikramjit Sidhu on 10/22/2020
Good course. Content is condensed, yet explained very well. The instructor is very knowledgeable, as obvious from the correlations that he is able to make across various points.
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Overall Score : 86 / 100












