Ranked #1
25 - Learning from and Responding to Financial Crisis, Part I (Guest Lecture by Lawrence Summers)
25 - Learning from and Responding to Financial Crisis, Part I (Guest Lecture by Lawrence Summers)
Professor Summers, former U. S. Treasury Secretary and former President of Harvard University, in this the first of two ... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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Ranked #2
24 - Making It Work for Real People: The Democratization of Finance
24 - Making It Work for Real People: The Democratization of Finance
Professor Shiller, in his final lecture, reviews some of the most important tools for individual risk management. Signif... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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23 - Options Markets
23 - Options Markets
Options introduce an essential nonlineary into portfolio management. They are contracts between buyers and writers, who ... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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22 - Stock Index, Oil and Other Futures Markets
22 - Stock Index, Oil and Other Futures Markets
Futures markets have expanded far beyond their initial application to farmer's planting and harvest cycles. These market... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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Ranked #5
21 - Forwards and Futures
21 - Forwards and Futures
Futures markets were started in Osaka, Japan in the 1600s to create an authoritative and meaningful market price for agr... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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20 - Guest Lecture by Stephen Schwarzman, Co-founder, Blackstone Group
20 - Guest Lecture by Stephen Schwarzman, Co-founder, Blackstone Group
Stephen Schwarzman, Co-Founder of Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, speaks about his experience in the industry. ... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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Ranked #7
19 - Brokerage, ECNs, etc.
19 - Brokerage, ECNs, etc.
The exchanges in which stocks and other securities are traded serve an important function in finance. They bring togethe... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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Ranked #8
18 - Professional Money Managers and Their Influence
18 - Professional Money Managers and Their Influence
Most people are not very good at dealing in financial markets. Professional money managers, such as financial advisors a... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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Ranked #9
17 - Investment Banking and Secondary Markets
17 - Investment Banking and Secondary Markets
First, Professor Shiller discusses today's changing financial system and recent market stabilization reform introduced b... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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16 - The Evolution and Perfection of Monetary Policy
16 - The Evolution and Perfection of Monetary Policy
Central Banks, originally created as bankers' banks, implement monetary policy using their leverage over the supply of m... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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