NISM, National Institute of Securities Markets vs ISCTE Executive Education, Pós-Graduação Mercados Financeiros: Criação e Gestão de Portfólios: which trading school is better?
As of November 5, 2026, NISM, National Institute of Securities Markets leads ISCTE Executive Education, Pós-Graduação Mercados Financeiros: Criação e Gestão de Portfólios by 0.9 point in the 2027 trading and investing school ranking: #134 internationally against #164. The gap comes mainly from the Visibility and Student reviews pillars. ISCTE Executive Education, Pós-Graduação Mercados Financeiros: Criação e Gestão de Portfólios does better on Teaching and Recognition and employability.
2027 edition · updated November 5, 2026 · next updates planned for December 2026 and January 2027 · Ranking methodology
All 25 criteria, side by side
| Criterion | NISM, National Institute of Securities Markets | ISCTE Executive Education, Pós-Graduação Mercados Financeiros: Criação e Gestão de Portfólios |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 78.4 | 77.5 |
| International rank | #134 | #164 |
| Rank among specialist schools | #1 of 668 | #2 of 668 |
| Trust · 10 % | 4.23/5 | 3.77/5 |
| 1. Regulator warningsscale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 2. Registered company and agescale | n/a | 1/5 |
| 3. Transparency: price, refunds, legal notice, contactscale | 4/5 | 3/5 |
| 4. Named, verifiable instructorsscale | 1/5 | 5/5 |
| 5. Honest marketing, no promise of profitscale | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| 6. Secure websitescale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 7. Protected domain (SPF, DMARC, headers)scale | 5/5 | 2/5 |
| Teaching · 20 % | 3.40/5 | 4.21/5 |
| 8. Curriculum qualityscale | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 9. Real practicescale | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 10. Mentoring and supportscale | 1/5 | 4/5 |
| 11. Cost per training hourscale | n/a | n/a |
| Student reviews · 20 % | 4.50/5 | 4.00/5 |
| 13. Reviewsscale | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| 14. Number of reviewsscale | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| 15. Suspicious review warningscale | n/a | n/a |
| 16. 12-month trendscale | n/a | n/a |
| Recognition and employability · 30 % | 3.51/5 | 3.96/5 |
| 12. Degree-granting programscale | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| 18. Degree recognized by a state or the professionscale | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| 25. Employability and career outcomesscale | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| 17. Institutional accreditationscale | n/a | 3/5 |
| 19. Labels and awardsscale | 1/5 | 3/5 |
| 20. Official partnersscale | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| Visibility · 20 % | 4.33/5 | 3.33/5 |
| 21. Domain agescale | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| 22. Websites linking to itscale | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| 23. Press mentions, Wikipedia pagescale | – | n/a |
| 24. Audience: social media and newsletterscale | 4/5 | 2/5 |
In green, the better of the two scores. “n/a”: not applicable, the criterion is left out of its pillar. “–”: criterion not yet assessed. The evidence and source for each score are on each school's listing.
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