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ECON 252: Financial Markets

ECON 252: Financial Markets (Spring 2011, Open Yale Courses). Taught by Professor Robert J. Shiller, this course provides an overview of the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. Description of practices today and analysis of prospects for the future. Introduction to risk management and behavioral finance principles to understand the functioning of securities, insurance, and banking industries. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Introduction


Lecture 01 - Introduction and What this Course Will Do for You and Your Purposes
Lecture 02 - Risk and Financial Crises
Lecture 03 - Technology and Invention in Finance
Lecture 04 - Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions
Lecture 05 - Insurance, the Archetypal Risk Management Institution, its Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Lecture 06 - Guest Speaker David Swensen
Lecture 07 - Efficient Markets
Lecture 08 - Theory of Debt, Its Proper Role, Leverage Cycles
Lecture 09 - Corporate Stocks
Lecture 10 - Real Estate
Lecture 11 - Behavioral Finance and the Role of Psychology
Lecture 12 - Misbehavior, Crises, Regulation and Self Regulation
Lecture 13 - Banks
Lecture 14 - Guest Speaker Maurice "Hank" Greenberg
Lecture 15 - Forward and Futures Markets
Lecture 16 - Guest Speaker Laura Cha
Lecture 17 - Options Markets
Lecture 18 - Monetary Policy
Lecture 19 - Investment Banks
Lecture 20 - Professional Money Managers and their Influence
Lecture 21 - Exchanges, Brokers, Dealers, Clearinghouses
Lecture 22 - Public and Non-Profit Finance
Lecture 23 - Finding your Purpose in a World of Financial Capitalism

References
ECON 252: Financial Markets (Spring 2011)
Professor Robert J. Shiller. Class Sessions. Downloads. Syllabus. An overview of the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. Description of practices today and analysis of prospects for the future.