This course joins nine other Dow Jones University courses, all of which are designed to allow investors to build practical, long-term investing skills and knowledge to make informed investment decisions. An examination of the Islamic legal perspective on the ownership of securities and the types of securities and companies acceptable to a committed Muslim. The growth of Islamic funds, the importance of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index for the modern Muslim investor and the screens that scholars use to review companies. The Islamic principles that govern investing, capital, entrepreneurs, financing and partnerships. The lessons are designed to teach how a faith-based Muslim would approach the investment and financial world according to Islamic principles.
Students proceed through the lessons at their own pace, in their own time.
Students also have access to supplemental reading material from The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones publications, and will have the opportunity to address questions to the instructors through online chat sessions and email. The first offering of Principles of Islamic Investing will begin this March. Among the courses offered by Dow Jones University are Introduction to Investing, Fundamental Analysis of Common Stocks, Technical Analysis of Common Stocks and Economic Essentials for Investors. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters group of Factiva, and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Europe and Asia. Dow Jones shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or injury caused directly or indirectly from use of such content or site, or for any desision made or action taken by you in reliance on such content or site.