The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) will launch at the beginning of October a free online course on savings and financial investments in partnership with the National Institute of Consumption, announced on Thursday the gendarme of the financial markets.
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This online course will begin on October 5 and was designed to last three weeks at a rate of “
one or two hours of lessons
” weekly, the AMF said in a press release.
It will be possible to register to follow the lessons until November 16 and "
no particular prerequisite is required
" she assures.
Available on the France digital university platform, this first “
Mooc
” from the AMF “
takes up the basics of financial vocabulary (...) and reviews how investments work.
"
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It aims to "
define your investor profile, detect signs of possible financial scams
" or even find "
the keys to assess investment opportunities according to (his) objectives
" through videos, self-correcting exercises and documents. accompaniment.
A follow-up certificate will be issued for people who have obtained more than 50% correct answers in the final quiz.