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Quality2.8
Difficulty87%
Would Retake87
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What Students Say
“He is one of my favorite professors at UCW”
fnce625 - 5.0 rating“I could say he is the best professor for finance Grading wise he is really good”
FNCE623 - 5.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
91%
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fnce625
4.5
(55)FNCE623
4.4
(32)Difficulty by Course
FNCE623
2.8
fnce625
2.7
Reviews (87)
Lectures cannot be understood, due to low voice and bad accent. Asks questions in the exam that were not discussed in class. When you ask questions in class, he makes fun of you and does not answer the questions. Avoid this professor. This is the only B grade I got out of 12 professors in UCW.
Kindly and enthusiastic.
Professor Chen is friendly and funny. However, his exams are more challenging than what he "teaches" in class. We never practiced problems during class; he only talked and went through the slides. Preparing and studying for exams was useless because exams differed from his lectures.
perfect teacher! Very nice!
Very good professor with professional knowledges.
He is very professional in the financial field. He teaches a lot with practical experience. So students can learn a lot and make smart financial plans for their own families.
Professor Raymond is rich knowledge in financial management and his class is truly inspiring and interesting.
Professor Chen has rich knowledge and practical experience in the financial field. He always inspires students' critical thinking, and the knowledge learned in his class can be well applied to my work. I highly recommend taking his class.
You may find thats kind of unusual for UCW having such a professor with great professional experience and knowledge in the subject (Finance). Hes like a coach helping you to understand how does finance relates to your daily life by news sharings.
This professor is perfect. I would like to recommend his course to others if possible.
He is awesome.
good and easy-going
A very calm and interactive professor.
Teaching style is good. If you participate in class actively you will learn and earn grades easily
Professor Raymond is very experienced in investment. I like the "Investment game" where he allowed us to invest in stocks on a virtual platform. He taught us how to read the market, and key rates (interest rate, inflation rate, exchange rate, etc) that will affect our decision. Very informative and helpful course. Highly recommended.
Good Professor
Awesome teaching pattern. Rich knowledge of real-world finance activities. Got enough good knowledge for share market and investment.
Good knowledge of finance. Students serious about the course will like him.
A good, experienced professor learn from his experience
fun loving guy, keeps you engaged throughout the class, has lots of knowledge.
Best prof in UCW
Professor Chen teaches everything from the market and explains perfectly how to use financial indices to analyze the market as well as specific stocks.The professor has an engaging approach to the class, always starting each class with a review of the financial trends and events of the previous week.
He shames students publicly for asking legitimate questions. The way he explains it is confusing, to say the least.
He is one of my favorite professors at UCW. I took his 625 and 627, which are very useful financial courses. He doesn't like to follow the textbook and always brings on-time news and real cases during the lecture. His classes allow students to learn newer and more practical things rather than the old and boring theories in textbooks.
If you want to get the basic set of knowledge of investment, take this course!
If you want to reserve some necessary investment-related knowledge and theories for the future, professor chen will tell you in an easy-to-understand way, and by following up on actual stocks, you will develop your investment logic step by step and build a portfolio to reduce risk.
He is the best Professor in ever ! Amazing lectures.I gained a lot of knowledge about finance
I could say he is the best professor for finance Grading wise he is really good
Amazing professor, with lots of practical experience and his way of teaching prepares you to work in real world.
If you are going to UCW for MBA and you are looking forward making a career in finance, then you have take Raymond Chen. He's the best professor in the university who truly understands the finance industry.
The professor's lectures are very clear and easy for you to understand, as long as you follow his instructions, you can learn a lot. He hopes that the content in the class can help us in our future life. It is indeed very beneficial to me because stocks and real estate are what I want to do. I recommend taking his class. You will love him!
Amazing professor. Always helping students. Lot of knowledge and flexibility with assignments
Best professor for FNCE 623! no workload generous with grade! Go for him!
Professor Chen was exceptional. He is a fair grader, while my overall grade was not an A, it was on the basis of not following the instructions he provided. Follow his instructions to " the letter" and you will be fine. Listen keenly to what he speaks about in class and take the chance to begin investing. Great Professor with a lot of experience.
He is a great Professor I've ever known. We can learn a lot from him and gain a large amount of financial knowledge.
He is an outstanding grader; no need to buy a textbook. If you want to learn how to earn money from North America's capital market and how to buy property in real estate, don't hesitate to choose his class, he is very knowledgeable and kind.
Tough grader
The professor help the students to take the course with less workload and without spending extra fees for textbooks. He sincerely want you to learn some valuable knowledge from his lectures. He is a lenient grader.
This professor is a nightmare. He honestly doesn't know how to teach students. When students have difficulties, he doesn't help or answer. His teaching was easy but his assignments and exams were extremely difficult.
Awesome professor. A good human being and a great professor. He teaches very well and has command of the subject. I strongly recommend this professor and would like to retake him for upcoming subjects. Such clear guidelines for assignments make it easy for students to score good marks.
One of the best professor at UCW. Teaches a lot of things about investment and analysis. You won't think to skip single class of him. Good human being. Assignments are very useful for learning. Fair to good grader. Classes are fun as well. I wish there are other finance electives also with this professor.
His lectures are very inspiring. He shares the resources and skills you need to build critical thinking, not just teach by book. If you like this style, he is the professor for you! I like this style. True communication and sharing his experience and thinking methodology are more critical than formulas or concepts.
Great professor, too bad there are so many cheating students at UCW.
Best Professor in UCW. He will help student to gain good grades as much as possible. No OGL, Only in Person class.
Kind professor, with professional financial knowledge, I expect to take his course again.
He is obsessed with Tesla. I took his class to learn about investment analysis but forget about learning, he downgraded the knowledge that I had. Never used the textbook, always read some news online, and talked nonstop. No time for questions. I wished to never see him in my life
He could be a better teacher. The assignment rating is very questionable and confusing. He gave feedback on something that was not in my paper. he does favoritism. I regret taking his class
Don't take him for any electives. He never teaches from the book and expects to use book concepts in assignment making. Very tough grades in all assignment. The highest grade in class for individual assignment was 72. No matter what you present, he will openly say in class that no one will get more than 75 in any assignment.
Raymond is awesome! I've studied FNCE 623 and 625 with him. He taught us practical investment insights, and he's well organized for teaching. Manageable workload and fair grading. Best professor ever!
Super good professor with inspirational teaching. Assignments were short and fair graded. Best Finance professor!
Fair grader and great lecturer. No OGL session and will not fail students. Best choice for finance courses.
Great professor. No OGL classes. Great at lecturing and grading.
Took FNCE 623 and 625 with him and got both A. As a non-finance background, I achieved that because he gave clear instruction. He helps students to achieve higher grade and the workload was quite manageable.
He is the best professor in ucw. You will enjoy his class and he is a humble person who cares about students.
He is very good professor. He grades the students very well. No doubt exams are tough but he evaluates them leniently. He teaches the subject very proficiently and he has vast knowledge of subject
Very Bad Professor. Unfair grading criteria. Doesn't speaks clear in the class. Don't give you marks rather you put efforts or not. Gives Average Grades.
This professor is renowned for his exceptional grading standards and adept guidance. He exudes kindness and possesses the unique ability to offer insights into students' futures. Approachable and accommodating, he readily addresses any queries or uncertainties regarding assignments or course material.
Good professor, really knowledge-wise about the stock market. In his lectures, he uses real-life and on-time examples. His topics are delivered clearly. Not heavy workload. Gives good feedback when asking and will help you to understand the topic.
He is the best professor. If you follow his rubrics, the minimum he will give you is 72%. He will only provide marks if you make everything relevant to the course and the questions asked. Whoever has provided negative feedback, please don't trust that.
Best professor. Practical teaching with real-time examples. Easygoing, funny and always ready to help each and every student.
Great professor
Easy to go professor, You will learn lot from his experience and get along very easily. Grading is wonderful and genuine with proper feedback.
Good professor, easy grading.everyone can read a textbook but you can't get experience from a textbook,his teaching style is to take you close to the market in real life with his experience.He rather explains everything in class though, if you attend classes,it wouldn't be a problem. Others said it's unclear maybe they didn't attend the class much.
One professor who made the semester stress-free, he made the lectures super easy and assignments are also discussed properly. Understand the situations.
You don't learn anything in his class. He is not able to answer the questions. The feedbacks are unrelated and ridiculous. You will get an average mark no matter how much effort you put in. Don't suggest this class to anyone. Remember, you are paying to learn, not just to pass.
He is good at the knowledge of finance. And also good grading for subject. You can not feel bother to study in the class, fun loving and happy class. Only I will say that don't miss the opportunity to select this professor. Take this professor, as soon as possible.
Best professor in terms of grading
Definitely should take it back helped alot and gives good marks as well
Professor Chen is really good and helpful if you study a bit he will score u great and you won't regret taking him. Just do not miss his class.
He is a good professor. There are no ogl classes. He shares the knowledge from his own experience. Highly recommended.
If you want to pass fnce 623 without minimum efforts you can take him. He is very good and gives good grades.
A great human being. He is a terrible teacher, I am here to learn Finance which I have never done before, he never gives sufficient examples and acts like we are working at wall street. UCW need to do better with the professors they hire.
Very knowledgeable professor. Caring students' success. Appreciate the professionalism and guidance with wisdom for finance industry. 👍
Raymond has been working in the finance industry for long. His campus lectures and sharing of the capital market stories are extremely valuable for us to get to know not only finance and investment knowledge but beyond course itself. I learnt lots more than expected. Take Raymond's course soon enough after registration starts. No more space after.
Professor Chen is very few at UCW understanding Capital markets in Canada and US. I took his two courses FNCE623 and 625 Investment analysis. Regret UCW does not open more courses for such a great prof. Nor willing to keep his teaching more investment course sections desperately needed students waiting to get his class.
I am extremely glad to have registered for my professor who also taught me FNCE623. No doubt he was recommended by my fellow students who took his Investment class before, just one class really helped me understand what we were expected to learn from him. My high expectations from him and be engaged.
Professor Chen is one of my favorite faculty, who is knowledgeable, humble and very experienced in analyzing stocks and ETF, especially TSLA stocks. To my surprise, Professor Raymond can share his view on the stock price forecasting on TSLA, almost 100% accurate. Can never miss his class/teaching at UCW.
One of the best professor by far I have taken in UCW. If you complete all the assignments and discussions on time, you will easily get 80. Not much workload. Always ready to share his knowledge about Stock world. Get ready to know about TESLA.
He is the best at Finance. he has a lots of knowldege about Finance. If a student follow the class lectures, he must be get good score.
Good professor and easygoing. Provides real-world examples. Highly recommended. Get it if you can because always on long waitlists.
No wonder there are many students recommending Mr. Chen and his lectures are amazing. His experience in the investment and finance impress the whole class. Top professor and best in my UCW learning life.
Raymond is my most favorite professor, who is knowledgeable and humorous. He conducted the lecture very well, informing us Capital market, stock price movement within our term tenor. I was so impressed by his forecasting price for TSLA, Air Canada which impressed the whole class. Some secret, his analyst influenced our investment game practice.
Luckily enrolled for Professor Raymond Chen's two courses FNCE629 and FNCE625 . Cross learning Risk Management and Investment Analysis/local knowledge and industry knowhow are definitely my assets taken from UCW. Too bad, the Prof Chen will take a leave next term. My friends will be dissappointed not being able to take Raymond's class Fall2025.
Professor Raymond Chen is very knowledgeable and approachable. He understands students' concerns and is always willing to help. Following his guidance will definitely help you achieve good grades.
He is very knowledgeable and approachable. The course is well-structured, making it easier to achieve a B+ with consistent effort.
Professor Raymond is our most fabulous faculty, whose section would be full after release. Even after graduation from UCW, I remain contact with him gaining his insight about the Capital market and TSLA, Air Canada. The knowledge I have leant from Professor is applicable in real investment world. Mr. Chen is humorous, inspiring,..
Will be back to campus again with my loved professor who again will teach FNCE625, however I cannot meet Professor Raymond in class again. Take his course of Investment, you will never be regret. His insights in the stock market and analysis lasts long in my memory. Get ready reading capital market news and TSLA/Elon.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
91%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Improving
+0.79 avg changeRatings by Course
fnce625
4.5
(55)FNCE623
4.4
(32)Difficulty by Course
FNCE623
2.8
fnce625
2.7