Introduction to Portfolio Risk - Online

This course covers diversification, tax issues, duration, risk tolerance, market timing, estate planning and dollar cost averaging - investment vehicles and concepts that lie at the heart of developing an investor profile and implementing successful wealth management strategies.

This course replicates the content from Lesson 3 of Wealth Management - Online

This is an asynchronous eLearning course that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Subscription period for this course is 90 days.


New private bankers, new wealth advisors, brokers who are going to cover broader wealth solutions, portfolio managers and other Product Specialists requiring an in-depth overview of wealth management, and individuals working in the finance arena
Students will be able to:
  • Differentiate between systematic and unsystematic risk
  • Understand the basics and application of portfolio theory
  • Understand how to diversify among asset classes in a portfolio
Introduction to Portfolio Risk
  • Diversification and the different investment vehicles
  • Assets, not investments
  • Investments as assets
  • Picking asset classes