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25 Best Investment Strategies Courses Online

We compared 25 Investment Strategies courses currently listed on Coursera and edX, priced from $25.00 to $1,490.40. 15 come from a named university or institution, including New York Institute of Finance, Institute for Capacity Development and Corporate Finance Institute. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
25
Price range
$25.00 – $1,490.40
Providers
Coursera, edX
Last updated
30 Aug 2026
How these 25 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, matched to "investment strategies" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $25.00 to $1,490.40, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Financial Planning and Investment Strategies

    Offered by EDUCBA

    Master the fundamentals of financial planning, smart investing, and wealth management. Learn how to build financial security through effective savings, diversification, asset allocation, and tax-efficient investment stra...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera Certificate Grade B

    Mutual Fund Analysis and Investment Strategies

    Offered by EDUCBA

    Build practical expertise in mutual funds, SIP strategies, NAV calculation, portfolio analysis, risk evaluation, and fund accounting operations. This Mutual Funds Specialization helps learners develop investment-ready an...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Market Risk, VaR & Investment Strategies

    Offered by EDUCBA

    Master financial risk management and investment strategies used by top professionals. Learn VaR, portfolio analysis, and hedge fund evaluation in one course. This course bridges the gap between quantitative risk modeling...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade E

    Sustainable Finance: Leading Capital and Investment Strategies

    Offered by CISL

    Gain an in-depth understanding of the pressures facing the current financial system, and explore how sustainable finance strategies can create long-term value for business, society and the environment.

  5. 5
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Asset Liability Management

    Offered by New York Institute of Finance

    This course on Asset Liability Management provides an in-depth look at the strategies and practices essential for balancing an organization’s assets and liabilities to manage risks effectively. Through real-world example...

    $1,490.40
    listed price
  6. 6
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A Lowest price here University-backed

    Public Debt, Investment, and Growth: The DIG and DIGNAR Models

    Offered by Institute for Capacity Development

    This online course, presented by the Institute for Capacity Development and the Research Department, explains how to analyze the relation between public investment, growth, and public debt dynamics, using two dynamic str...

    $25.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Wealth Management

    Offered by Corporate Finance Institute

    This specialization provides early-career professionals and aspiring financial advisors with a practical foundation in financial planning and wealth management. Across six courses, learners explore key topics including f...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Advanced Understanding of Stocks and Bonds

    Offered by University of Michigan

    This final course will cover more advanced aspects of bonds and stocks that will help you make smart personal decisions and develop a keen understanding of how governments and companies borrow from us. You will better un...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Investment and Portfolio Management

    Offered by Rice University

    In this four-course Specialization, you’ll learn the essential skills of portfolio management and personal investing. All investors – from the largest wealth funds to the smallest individual investors – share common issu...

    $49.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Finance for Technical Managers

    Offered by University of Colorado Boulder

    In Finance for Technical Managers, you will explore the fundamental principles of financial management. Topics include understanding and interpreting a company’s financial statements, the time value of money and its role...

    $79.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Investment Management

    Offered by University of Geneva

    In this Specialization, you will understand how investment strategies are designed to reach financial goals in a global context. You will learn the theory that underlies strong investment decisions, as well as practical,...

    $49.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    FinTech: Finance Industry Transformation and Regulation

    Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Objective This Specialization is intended for finance professional who are seeking to develop skills and understanding of FinTech. Through these four courses, you will cover FinTech foundations and overview, FinTech secu...

    $49.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Biases and Portfolio Selection

    Offered by Rice University

    Investors tend to be their own worst enemies. In this third course, you will learn how to capitalize on understanding behavioral biases and irrational behavior in financial markets. You will start by learning about the v...

    $79.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    RiskWise: Annuities and Income

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Turning lifetime savings into reliable retirement income is one of the most complex challenges in financial planning. In this course, you’ll explore how annuities work as insurance‑based contracts designed to support ret...

    $49.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Financial Planning Principles

    Offered by Corporate Finance Institute

    Achieving financial goals requires two key efforts: planning and process. Understanding the principles of financial planning means you will know the holistic lifecycle of a client’s financial needs – what they need to pl...

    $49.00
    listed price
  16. 16
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Applying Data Analytics in Finance

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    This course introduces an overview of financial analytics. You will learn why, when, and how to apply financial analytics in real-world situations. You will explore techniques to analyze time series data and how to evalu...

    $79.00
    listed price
  17. 17
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Machine Learning for Smart Beta

    Offered by Sungkyunkwan University

    In this 4 week course, you will learn about Smart Beta products. Smart betas products have the characteristics of both passive investment(having predetermined rules) and active investments(allows for factor investment)....

    $49.00
    listed price
  18. 18
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Portfolio Management for Retail Clients

    Offered by Corporate Finance Institute

    Being a portfolio manager is not only reserved for the institutional advisor. There is an equally challenging and in-demand role on the retail side, where portfolio managers invest the funds of individuals and families....

    $49.00
    listed price
  19. 19
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    First Steps in Making the Business Case for Sustainability

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    The Business School at the University of Colorado Denver wants to help you become a change agent for sustainable business. We hope that with the skills and concepts you gain from this specialization that you will help yo...

    $79.00
    listed price
  20. 20
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Behavioral Finance

    Offered by Duke University

    We make thousands of decisions every day. Do I cross the road now, or wait for the oncoming truck to pass? Should I eat fries or a salad for lunch? How much should I tip the cab driver? We usually make these decisions wi...

    $49.00
    listed price
  21. 21
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Meeting Investors' Goals

    Offered by University of Geneva

    In this course, you will dive into the concepts of rationality and irrationality and understand how they impact our investment decisions and what the consequences can be at the market level. You will first explore the di...

    $79.00
    listed price
  22. 22
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    The Materiality of ESG Factors

    Offered by University of Pennsylvania

    This specialization will provide learners with the fundamentals and history of ESG investing, and a close examination of the set of investment approaches that are informed by environmental, social and, governance factors...

    $79.00
    listed price
  23. 23
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development

    Offered by Erasmus University Rotterdam

    This MOOC prepares students that want to analyse trade and investment policies of developing countries and emerging markets. We couch you for the task of giving evidence-based policy. For students interested in policy ad...

    $49.00
    listed price
  24. 24
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Finance for Decision-Making

    Offered by S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

    This comprehensive course is specifically designed to provide you with a deep understanding of the financial decision-making process in modern corporations. With a focus on increasing shareholder and firm value, the cour...

    $49.00
    listed price
  25. 25
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Land, Agriculture, and Alternative Investing

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    This specialization explores the intersection of land, agriculture, and alternative investing—equipping learners with the tools to build, manage, and transfer wealth using real assets. Through six expert-led courses, lea...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Investment Strategies Courses Online compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Financial Planning and Investment Strategies Coursera EDUCBA $49.00 View →
2 Mutual Fund Analysis and Investment Strategies Coursera EDUCBA $49.00 View →
3 Market Risk, VaR & Investment Strategies Coursera EDUCBA $49.00 View →
4 Sustainable Finance: Leading Capital and Investment Strategies edX CISL View →
5 Asset Liability Management edX New York Institute of Finance $1,490.40 View →
6 Public Debt, Investment, and Growth: The DIG and DIGNAR Models edX Institute for Capacity Development $25.00 View →
7 Wealth Management Coursera Corporate Finance Institute $49.00 View →
8 Advanced Understanding of Stocks and Bonds Coursera University of Michigan $49.00 View →
9 Investment and Portfolio Management Coursera Rice University $49.00 View →
10 Finance for Technical Managers Coursera University of Colorado Boulder $79.00 View →
11 Investment Management Coursera University of Geneva $49.00 View →
12 FinTech: Finance Industry Transformation and Regulation Coursera The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology $49.00 View →
13 Biases and Portfolio Selection Coursera Rice University $79.00 View →
14 RiskWise: Annuities and Income Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $49.00 View →
15 Financial Planning Principles Coursera Corporate Finance Institute $49.00 View →
16 Applying Data Analytics in Finance Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $79.00 View →
17 Machine Learning for Smart Beta Coursera Sungkyunkwan University $49.00 View →
18 Portfolio Management for Retail Clients Coursera Corporate Finance Institute $49.00 View →
19 First Steps in Making the Business Case for Sustainability Coursera University of Colorado System $79.00 View →
20 Behavioral Finance Coursera Duke University $49.00 View →
21 Meeting Investors' Goals Coursera University of Geneva $79.00 View →
22 The Materiality of ESG Factors Coursera University of Pennsylvania $79.00 View →
23 Trade & investment: evidence-based policies for development Coursera Erasmus University Rotterdam $49.00 View →
24 Finance for Decision-Making Coursera S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research $49.00 View →
25 Land, Agriculture, and Alternative Investing Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $49.00 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 24 priced courses on this page run from $25.00 to $1,490.40, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $1,465.40. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera and edX. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 15 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including New York Institute of Finance, Institute for Capacity Development and Corporate Finance Institute — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

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Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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