Equity Indices, Asset Managers, and ETFs
Master investing and trading the S&P 500. We start with how the S&P 500 is calculated, discuss how mutual funds work, and explain how traders profit from arbitrage opportunities on S&P500 ETFs.

Why You Should Take This Course


- Understand how equity indices are constructed Equity indices drive investors' views on market sentiment. In this course, we explore how they are constructed, and build our own custom index. We explore the impact of weighting and rebalancing on the index, and how a move in one stock will have a different impact in the Dow, the S&P500 and the Nasdaq 100.
- Demystify buy-side asset management Whether you are seeking to work at an asset manager, cover an asset manager as a salesperson, or hire an asset manager as an investor, we explore the business of mutual funds. We analyze their menu of strategies, the benchmarks they track and their fee structures.
- Discover how banks profit from ETF arbitrage It is no secret that investors are shifting assets from mutual funds to ETFs. ETFs have grown enormously in the last decade because they are cheap to operate and pass on low fees to investors. In this course, we show you how banks profit from trading the ETF versus the underlying stocks in the ETF.
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Get the Equities Markets Certification
This course can be taken standalone, or as part of the Equities Markets Certification Program. Graduates of the program earn a Wall Street Prep certification that can be shared with potential future employers.
Course Extras
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Taught by bankers
Our instructors are former investment bankers who give lessons real-world context by connecting it to their experience on the desk.
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Earn a Certification
Take this course standalone, or, to earn a shareable certification, as part of Wall Street Prep's Equities Markets Certification Program.
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Used on the Street
This is the same comprehensive course our corporate clients use to prepare their analysts and associates.
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