Free course in Financial Markets from Robert Shiller

[Brendan Burgess]

Robert Shiller teaches a course in Financil Markets in Yale, but it's available free online.

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About the Course

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.


Sessions


Lecture 1 Introduction and What this Course Will Do for You and Your Purposes
Lecture 2 Risk and Financial Crises
Lecture 3 Technology and Invention in Finance
Lecture 4 Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions
Lecture 5 Insurance, the Archetypal Risk Management Institution: Its Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Lecture 6 Guest Speaker: David Swensen
Lecture 7 Efficient Markets
Exam 1 Midterm Exam 1
Lecture 8 Theory of Debt, Its Proper Role, Leverage Cycles
Lecture 9 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
Exam 2 Midterm Exam 2
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
Exam 3 Final Exam

 

[44brendan]

Thanks brendan. Will certainly be worth a look. I presume that most people are aware of the large number of free lectures/courses now available through itunes!

 

[Brendan Burgess]

There is also a course in Financial Theory

Financial Theory
with John Geanakoplos
This course attempts to explain the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. Rather than separating off the financial world from the rest of the economy, financial equilibrium is studied as an extension of economic equilibrium. The course also gives a picture of the kind of thinking and analysis done by hedge funds.