Curriculum

30 Topics
Welcome video
Financial Markets Introduction
Your Teaching Assistant Arun!
Good and Evil
VaR and Stress Tests
S&P 500
Joe McNay Story
Distribution and Outliers
Chalk Talk - Covariance
Insurance Fundamentals
Insurance Milestones
Insurance is a Local Phenomenon
Health Insurance
Disasters
Eggs in One Basket
Salon - Risk
CAPM
Chalk Talk: Beta
Chalk Talk: CAPM and Diversification
Short Sales
Calculating the Optimal Portfolio
Efficient Portfolio Frontier
Chalk Talk - Gordon Growth Model
Disclaimer regarding Discussion Boards
Lesson #1 Quiz
Lesson #2 Quiz
Lession #3 Quiz
Lesson #4 Quiz
Module 1 Honors Quiz
Why is this course important to you?

21 Topics
Invention Takes Time
Salon - Innovation
Limited Liability
Inflation Indexed Debt
Unidad de Fomento
Real Estate: Risk Management Devices
Forecasting
Intuition of Efficiency
Price as PDV
Doubting Efficiency
Introduction to Behavioral Finance
Prospect Theory
Chalk Talk - More on Prospect Theory
Logical Fallacies
The Brain
Magical Thinking
Personality Disorders
Lesson #5 Quiz
Lesson #6 Quiz
Lesson #7 Quiz
Module 2 Honors Quiz

21 Topics
1982 Savings Account
Federal Funds and Interest Rates
Compound Interest
Discount Bonds
Consol and Annuity
Forward Rates and Expectation Theory
Inflation
Leverage
Market Capitalization by Country
The Corporation
Shares and Dividends
Common vs. Preferred
Corporate Charter
Corporations Raise Money
Dilution
Share Repurchase
PDV of Expected Dividends
Why do firms pay dividends?
Lesson #8 Quiz
Lesson #9 Quiz
Module 3 Honors Quiz

26 Topics
Salon - Recessions
History of Mortgage Lending
Commercial Real Estate Vehicles
Mortgages part 1
Mortgages part 2
PMI CMOs CDOs
Post Crisis Regulation
Chalk Talks - Excess Reserves
The Bubble part 1
The Bubble part 2
The Bubble part 3
Salon - Bubbles
Regulation Overview
Salon - Regulation and housing
Within Firm Regulation part 1
Within Firm Regulation part 2
Trade Groups
Local Regulation
National Regulation part 1
National Regulation part 2
National Regulation part 3
International Regulation
Lesson #10 Quiz
Lesson #11 Quiz
Module 4 Honors Quiz
Financialization of Housing

19 Topics
Salon - Student Loans
Forwards and Futures Introduction
Forward Contracts
Futures Contracts
Rice Futures
Wheat Futures
Buying Selling and Settlement
Fair Value in Futures Contracts
Oil Futures
SPI & FFR Futures
Options Overview
Reading Options Pricing
Why Options exist
Ubiquity of Options
Put / Call parity
Using Options to Hedge
Lesson #12 Quiz
Lesson #13 Quiz
Module 5 Honors Quiz

23 Topics
Investment Banks Introduction
The Underwriting Process
IPOs
Goldman Sachs and John Whitehead
Ratings Agencies
Glass Steagall
Net Worth of the US
The Prudent Person
Salon - Advisors
Mutual Funds and ETFs
Brokers and Dealers
Exchanges
Limit Order Book
High Frequency Trading
Payment for Order Flow
Government Debt
Government involvement in Corporations
Municipal Finance
Government Social Insurance
Lesson #14 Quiz
Lesson #15 Quiz
Lesson #16 Quiz
Module 6 Honors Quiz

18 Topics
Nonprofits
Cooperatives
Alternative Forms
Salon - Public vs. Private
Critics of Modern Finance
Democratization of Finance
Salon - Democratization of Finance
Finance and War
Finance and Population Growth
The Importance of Financial Theory
Wealth and Poverty
Your Career and Finance
Interview with Roger Ferguson
Interview with Lei Zhang
Guest Georgia Keohane
Lesson #17 Quiz
Lesson #18 Quiz
Final Exam

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