04 - Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions (CAPM Model)
04 - Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions (CAPM Model)
Portfolio diversification is the most fundamental concept of risk management. The allocation of financial resources in s... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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01 - Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces in Our Economy and Society
01 - 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 topi... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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02 - The Universal Principle of Risk Management: Pooling and the Hedging of Risks
02 - The Universal Principle of Risk Management: Pooling and the Hedging of Risks
Statistics and mathematics underlie the theories of finance. Probability Theory and various distribution types are impor... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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03 - Technology and Invention in Finance
03 - Technology and Invention in Finance
Technology and innovation underlie finance. In order to manage risks successfully, particularly long-term, we must pool ... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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26 - Learning from and Responding to Financial Crisis, Part II (Guest Lecture by Lawrence Summers)
26 - Learning from and Responding to Financial Crisis, Part II (Guest Lecture by Lawrence Summers)
In the second of his two lectures in honor of Arthur Okun, Professor Summers points out that real interest rates have be... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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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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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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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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