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Course overview
Are you interested in running your own SIPP and ISA’s? We will be looking at Global Macro and its effect on all asset classes. What is pertinent to medium/long-term investors now? How do we express these themes into a portfolio? We will be looking at individual shares, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Investment Trusts.
A key aim is to understand the thought process of an investor and be able to apply it. Time will be spent showing where to source information to build up your financial knowledge. Please note, that this is not a course about short-term trading, and we won’t be discussing cryptocurrencies.
What you'll learn
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- Understand and interpret the Global Macro picture
- Analyse the options open to private investors for long-term investing
- Build up their financial market knowledge
- Improve their investment decision-making
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 2 weeks
Entry requirements
General requirements
- A completed and signed application form
- A copy of your passport/proof of ID / Birth Certificate
- Entry requirements for all LAT programmes of two weeks or more:
- A scanned copy of a recent passport-sized colour photograph
- Proof of education qualifications
- Proof of English proficiency, if required
Note: All documents are to be provided in English. Where documents are not in English, you will also need to provide a certified translation of any such documents.
International students
- Scanned copies of your diplomas and certified translation
- Scanned copies of your certified transcripts
- Candidates who studied an undergraduate degree in the medium of English in a majority English–speaking country can provide a letter from their university confirming this as evidence of their English proficiency.
All other students:
- A minimum level 3 qualification or an interview with our Academic Dean, Paddy Osborn
- Fully completed LAT application form.
Flexible study options
We’ve kept our programmes flexible and accessible with online deliveries to ensure your learning doesn’t get interrupted. This means you can extract maximum benefits from whichever course you choose. Pause and restart your course at any time, and if you fancy an upgrade, all you need to do is pay the difference in course fees.
Our expert tutors
Studying with LAT means you’ll be taught by experienced traders and analysts from major financial institutions, including HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Bloomberg.
You’ll get 1:1 access to our team of trading mentors ten hours a day to develop robust trading strategies and have all your questions answered.
We also host three daily webinars where our experts analyse the markets and host discussions to enhance your learning and understanding.
Subjects
- Look at the present Global Macro picture – the major themes this year
- Discuss the outlook for equities, fixed-income markets, FX and commodities
- Look at investing ideas/themes in the market today
- Discuss when to use ETFs
- Dig into the current window of opportunity in Investment Trust Wind-ups
- Investigate what to read and what webinars/podcasts can help build your financial knowledge
- Take a look at some live markets to explain discussion topics
- Consider individual client needs to determine topics to be discussed
About London Academy of Trading
The London Academy of Trading (LAT) is an award-winning, dual-accredited provider of financial trading education and was the first academy in the UK to offer accredited and regulated qualifications in trading. We pride ourselves on providing practical and vocational trading training courses, will allow you to step onto the trading floor with all the tools you need to make sound, data-driven decisions.
Since 2010, we have remained committed to our four pillars of knowledge: fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading psychology and risk management. We are dedicated to guiding you through theoretical and practical applications of trading to help you succeed in this exciting environment.
