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  • Open Courseware

    Open and Social

    If you love something, set it free and it will come back to you, says the old adage. But as Sue Decker, President of Yahoo! explains, this sentiment also applies to advertising-driven online real estate. The front page of the popular search engine has always been a popular destination – and a great source of […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siSDF1Ssgp8

  • Open Courseware

    The History of Strategy in Commercial Banking

    Tech companies deposit about seven times the amount that they borrow. And at Silicon Valley Bank, recalls CEO Ken Wilcox, the methodology his venture has used to invest these excess deposits is a micro-history of commercial banking itself. Learn the lessons of the bank’s lending in the 1980’s to 1990’s, and its investment in real […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvbsL4GJHDM

  • Open Courseware

    Environmental Entrepreneurship Over Non-Profit

    From equity, to bonds, to real estate, MissionPoint Capital Partners co-founder Jesse Fink explains how traditional capital markets can be reoriented toward a low-carbon economy. Supporting non-profits is crucial in long-term environmental thinking, says Fink, as this sector pushes policy. But only for-profit business will catalyze true market solutions with pull.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oiax1B79kU

  • Open Courseware

    Options Markets

    Options introduce an essential nonlineary into portfolio management. They are contracts between buyers and writers, who agree on exercise prices and dates at which the buyer can buy or sell the underlying (such as a stock). Options are priced based on the price and volatility of the underlying asset as well as the duration of […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQChTusyPJA

  • Open Courseware

    Stock Index, Oil and Other Futures Markets

    Futures markets have expanded far beyond their initial application to farmer’s planting and harvest cycles. These markets now allow investors and traders to set prices for a broad spectrum of assets and for a whole term structure stretching into the distant future. Some of these markets are often priced according to simple fair-value formulae, others […]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eyCFKl9CuE

  • Open Courseware

    Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces in Our Economy and Society

    Professor Shiller provides a description of the course, Financial Markets, including administrative details and the topics to be discussed in each lecture. He briefly discusses the importance of studying finance and each key topic. Lecture topics will include: behavioral finance, financial technology, financial instruments, commercial banking, investment banking, financial markets and institutions, real estate, regulation, […]

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