Financial Markets (2011)

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1. Introduction and What this Course Will Do for You and Your Purposes

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2. Risk and Financial Crises

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3. Technology and Invention in Finance

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4. Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions

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5. Insurance, the Archetypal Risk Management Institution, its Opportunities and Vulnerabilities

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6. Guest Speaker David Swensen

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7. Efficient Markets

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8. Theory of Debt, Its Proper Role, Leverage Cycles

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9. Corporate Stocks

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10. Real Estate

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11. Behavioral Finance and the Role of Psychology

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12. Misbehavior, Crises, Regulation and Self Regulation

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13. Banks

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14. Guest Speaker Maurice "Hank" Greenberg

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15. Forward and Futures Markets

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16. Guest Speaker Laura Cha

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17. Options Markets

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18. Monetary Policy

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19. Investment Banks

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20. Professional Money Managers and their Influence

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21. Exchanges, Brokers, Dealers, Clearinghouses

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22. Public and Non-Profit Finance

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23. Finding your Purpose in a World of Financial Capitalism