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Financial Markets

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Yale University

Financial Markets

Robert Shiller

Instructor: Robert Shiller

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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There are 7 modules in this course

Welcome 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.

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23 videos1 reading5 assignments

In this next module, dive into some details of behavioral finance, forecasting, pricing, debt, and inflation.

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17 videos4 assignments

Stocks, 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.

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18 videos3 assignments

Take a look into the recent past, exploring recessions, bubbles, the mortgage crisis, and regulation.

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22 videos4 assignments

Options and bond markets are explored in module 5, important components of financial markets.

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16 videos3 assignments

In module 6, Professor Shiller introduces investment banking, underwriting processes, brokers, dealers, exchanges, and new innovations in financial markets.

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19 videos4 assignments

Professor Shiller's final module includes lectures about nonprofits and corporations, and your career in finance.

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15 videos3 assignments

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Robert Shiller
Yale University
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