Certificate in Value Investing - Advanced Market and Global Macro Investment Strategies for Tomorrow
- Finance & Investment
This programme is conducted online.
4 days
Weeknights (7pm - 10:30pm)
Saturday (9am - 1:30pm)
Who Should Attend
- Investors looking for practical strategies to diversify their portfolios
- Individuals interested in a solid understanding of value investing
- Aspiring traders/ investors seeking to apply fundamental analysis to trading equity and fixed income securities
PREREQUISITES
- A Diploma with at least 3 years of working experience
- Basic knowledge in accounting and economics concepts
Overview
From studying GDP components to evaluating economic statistics, participants will also learn how policies affect economies in different countries and construct an asset-allocation model for their own strategies.
Learning Objectives
- Learn a framework to understand the key components of economic growth
- Understand why some economic data are used as leading indicators of GDP and the markets
- Propose suitably forward-looking asset allocation based on the analysis
- Identify new optimal investment ideas for the opportunities tomorrow
- Know when to use machine learning for finance and data visualisation software
Topic/Structure
- Emerging markets and developed economies: opportunities and risks
- Understanding a country's potential GDP and the 4 engines of economic growth
- Inflationary and deflationary economic cycles
- Effect of currency, interest rate and seasonal factors on financial markets
- Workshop on downloading and data visualisation for economic and financial data
- Dynamic asset allocation as the business cycle changes
- Workshop on asset allocation
- Sector selection in the stock markets along the change in business cycle
- Passive investing: "Smart or Lucky?"
- Relative value in fixed income along the change in business climate
Assessment
An assessment will be conducted at the end of each module.
CERTIFICATION
Upon meeting the attendance and assessment criteria, participants will be awarded a digital certificate for participating in each module. Please refer to our course policies to view the attendance and assessment criteria.
Upon completion of all modules required for this programme within a maximum duration of 3 years, participants will be awarded a digital certificate.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
| COMPANY-SPONSORED | |||
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
|
$523.20 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$523.20 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
|
Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
|
International Participant |
$1,744 (No Funding) |
$1,744 (No Funding) |
$1,744 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
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