Offered by Yale University via Coursera
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An overview of the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. Emphasis on financially-savvy leadership skills. Description of practices today and analysis of prospects for the future. Introduction to risk management and behavioral finance principles to understand the real-world functioning of securities, insurance, and banking industries. The ultimate goal of this course is using such industries effectively and towards a better society.
TOPICS
Behavioral Finance
Financial Markets
Finance
Behavioral Economics
CERTIFICATION
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Professor Shiller has made some pretty amazing updates to his course; not only do you see updated lectures from 2016-2017, he also has additional videos which include student salons, chalk talks, interviews, and TA timeouts. Join us in the course, watch the introductory module, and learn more about these great additions to increase your knowledge of financial markets!
Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 0 Lessons
- 34 Hours
- Module 1Welcome to the course! In this opening module, you will learn the basics of financial markets, insurance, and CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model). This module serves as the foundation of this course.0
- Module 2In this next module, dive into some details of behavioral finance, forecasting, pricing, debt, and inflation.0
- Module 3Stocks, bonds, dividends, shares, market caps; what are these? Who needs them? Why? Module 3 explores these concepts, along with corporation basics and some basic financial markets history.0
- Module 4Take a look into the recent past, exploring recessions, bubbles, the mortgage crisis, and regulation.0
- Module 5Options and bond markets are explored in module 5, important components of financial markets.0
- Module 6In module 6, Professor Shiller introduces investment banking, underwriting processes, brokers, dealers, exchanges, and new innovations in financial markets.0
- MODULE 7Professor Shiller's final module includes lectures about nonprofits and corporations, and your career in finance.0
