12. Real Estate Finance and its Vulnerability to Crisis

Financial Markets (ECON 252) Real Estate is the biggest asset class and of great importance for both individuals and institutional investors. An array of economic and psychological factors impact real estate investment decisions and the public has changing ideas of real estate as a profitable investment. People’s demand to buy a home by taking on [...]

Business English Vocabulary Lesson for ESL – Finance & Accounting Vocabulary 2

Visit BusinessEnglishPod.com to download this video and others covering more business ESL vocabulary. This Business English video ESL lesson introduces English vocabulary related to finance and accounting.

7. Behavioral Finance: The Role of Psychology

Financial Markets (ECON 252) Behavioral Finance is a relatively recent revolution in finance that applies insights from all of the social sciences to finance. New decision-making models incorporate psychology and sociology, among other disciplines, to explain economic and financial phenomenon, such as erratic stock price variations. Psychological patterns such as overconfidence and perceived kinks in [...]

1. Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces in Our Economy and Society

Financial Markets (ECON 252) Professor Shiller provides a description of the course, Financial Markets, including administrative details and the topics to be discussed in each lecture. He briefly discusses the importance of studying finance and each key topic. Lecture topics will include: behavioral finance, financial technology, financial instruments, commercial banking, investment banking, financial markets and [...]

The Descent of Finance

Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor, discusses the history — and future — of finance with Harvard Business Review editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius.

Finance: What Managers Need to Know

Joe Knight, coauthor of the Financial Intelligence series, gives you a crash course in reading the numbers.