Investment Decisions in Financial Market and Behavioural Finance - Virtual Learning
Course Methodology
This Investment Decision in Financial Market and Behavioral Finance training course will be conducted along workshop principles, which includes the use of case studies and worked examples. The participants will be encouraged to actively engage as part of a group, in the analysis and evaluation of case studies. Relevant examples and empirical studies will be used to illustrate the application of each of the topics covered and their application in the key investment strategies.
Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, the participants will develop knowledge and skills in both traditional and behavioral finance, enabling them to:
- To contribute effectively to the strategic decisions
- Evaluate the most efficient finance options available
- Avoid psychological biases when making decisions in a competitive environment
- Identify the behavioral biases that present obstacles to maximise firms value
- Learn how both individual financial decisions making, and behaviour bias affect investment outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to overcome behavioral biases such as heuristics and framing effects corporate financial and investment decisions
Target Audience
This Investment Decisions in Financial Market and Behavioral Finance training course is essential for any business, and which will be of benefit to a wide range of the participants and as such is aimed at:
- Financial Managers and Financial Accounting Team Members
- Corporate Decision-makers
- Market Trends Specialist
- Risk and Return Analyst
- Merger and Acquisitions Specialists
- Auditors and Management Accountants
- Managers and those with financial responsibilities
- Analysts whose role involves evaluating and identifying market and competitive trends
- Strategic Planning and Head Office Team Members
- Corporate Communication and Investor Relations Professionals
- Investment Analysts and Advisers
- Traders
- Investors in general
Target Competencies
Organisational Impact
This Investment Decisions in Financial Market and Behavioral Finance training course is very interactive, and the organization will benefit the following:
- The ability to analyse various business problems within the organization
- How to evaluate various alternative decisions and make sound recommendations
- New techniques to make more informed and better management decisions
- Applying various financial skills and analysis in the workstation
- How psychology compares to neuroscience of financial decision making
- How to overcome market sentiment when making decision under uncertainty
- Critical analysis and interpretation of financial innovations and risks
- Ability to construct a winning portfolio
Personal Impact
The impact of this training course to the participants are manifold and includes:
- Ability to make better financial decisions using various models.
- Enhanced financial and decision-making skills
- How to assess techniques used by the company and propose alternatives methods
- The ability to use behavioral models for making business decision
- The opportunity to correct mistakes based on behavioral biases
- The knowledge of dealing with common behavioral biases
- Insight into how the financial market operates
- How to make efficient financial decisions in a volatile market
- Assessing the current market trend
- A good understanding of financial management
Course Outline
Financial Management
- The Role & Scope of Corporate Financial Management
- Managing International Trade including:
- Methods of Payment such as Letters of Credit, Collections
- Benefits & Risks
- The Objective of the Organisation and Stakeholder’s Needs
- The Financial Environment Post Banking Crisis
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Governance
The Financing Decision
- Long-Term Sources of Finance
- Types of Equity Capital
- Types of Debt
- The Optimum Capital Structure / Leverage – Equity or Debt?
- Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC) and The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Calculating Your WACC and CAPM
- When & How to Use WACC and CAPM
- The Dividend Decision
- Short-Term Sources of Finance
The Investment Decision
- Establishing the Forecast Cash Flows
- International Issues, e.g.
- Exchange Rate Risk
- Transfer Payments
- Evaluating the Capital Investment Decision using:
- Payback
- Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Analysing the Investment Decision using:
- What if Analysis
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Simulation
Risk and Treasury Management
- Identifying Financial Risks
- Internal (SWOT Analysis)
- External (PESTLE Analysis)
- Measuring Financial Risk
- Developing and Implementing a Risk Management Strategy
- Establishing a Treasury Department
- Treasury and Risk Management Techniques
Corporate Strategy
- Corporate and Financial Strategy
- Growth Strategies
- Joint Ventures, Merger, & Acquisitions
- Valuation
- Risks & Benefits
- Financing a Merger or Acquisition
- Capital Reconstruction or Restructure
The Rise and Fall of Neoclassical Finance & The Rise and Rise of Behavioural Finance
- Introduction to Behavioural Finance
- Pillars of Conventional Finance and Behavioural Finance
- The Failure of Neoclassical Finance
- Efficient Market Hypothesis:
- EMH as the Cause of the Global Financial Crisis
- Bubbles and Crashes in the Stock and FX Market
- Market Anomalies
- Why Academia & Authorities Embrace the EMH?
- Discarding Rationality: sources and Examples of Irrationality
- Modern Portfolio Theory & Behavioural Portfolio Theory
The Financial Consequences of Behavioural Biases
- Loss Aversion Bias
- Overconfidence Bias
- Representativeness Bias
- Anchoring Bias
- Self-serving Bias
- Disposition Effect
- Managerial Hubris
- Behavioural Biases and Corporate Financial Decisions
Behavioural Investment Strategies I
- Noise Trading
- Technical Analysis
- Momentum Trading
- Contrarian Investment Strategies
- High Frequency Trading and Multilateral Trading Platforms
- Energy Trading
- Commodity Trading
- Terrorism Risk
Behavioural Investment Strategies II
- Fund Managers’ Behaviour
- The Green Effect & Sustainable Finance
- Fintech & Cryptocurrency
- Black Friday Effect
- Derivative Trading
- Forwards
- Futures
- Options
- Swaps
- Financial Volatility from Brexit and COVID-19
Recent Developments in Behavioural Finance
- Ecology and Finance
- Neuroscience
- Emotional Finance
- Quantitative Behavioural Finance
- Narcissism, Political Tenure, Financial Indicators, and the Effectiveness
- Trumpism Economics
- Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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