- Abstract:
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Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.
- Subject:
- Business
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.
This 10-minute video lesson provides an introduction to collateralized debt obligations (to be listen to after series on mortgage-backed securities. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 31 of 184]
This 4-minute video lesson looks at arbitraging futures contracts. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 103 of 184]
This 4-minute video lesson looks at arbitraging futures contracts (II). [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 104 of 184]
This 4-minute video lesson discusses how CDOs can give different investors different levels of risk and returns with the same underlying assets. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 27 of 184]
This 4-minute video lesson discusses Futures Curves II. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 97 of 184]
This 3-minute video lesson looks at what is the Futures Fair Value and how traders use it as an indicator for stock price direction at market opening. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 158 of 184]
This 3-minute video lesson provides an introduction to futures. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 89 of 184]
This 3-minute video lesson explains normal and inverted futures curves. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 93 of 184]
This 4-minute video lesson explains how to interpret the market price of a futures contract relative to the fair value in the premarket. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 182 of 184]
This 2-minute video lesson provides the basics of how a mortgage back security works. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 26 of 184]
This 3-minute video lesson looks at how an exchange can benefit from trading futures and how it can use margin to mitigate its risk. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 90 of 184]
This 10-minute video lesson provides an introduction to return on capital and cost of capital. It uses these concepts to decide where to invest. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 24 of 184]
This 4-minute video lesson looks at verifying hedge with futures margin mechanics. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 92 of 184]
Continuation of Finance Theory I, concentrating on corporate financial management. Topics: Capital investment decisions, security issues, dividend policy, optimal capital structure, hedging and risk management, futures markets and real options analysis. The objective of this course is to learn the financial tools needed to make good business decisions. The course presents the basic insights of corporate finance theory, but emphasizes the application of theory to real business decisions. Each session involves class discussion, some centered on lectures and others around business cases.
Introduction to investments and corporate finance. Topics include: project and company valuation, risk and return in capital markets, the pricing of stocks and bonds, corporate financing and dividend policy, the cost of capital, and financial options. Subject provides a broad overview of both theory and practice. Restricted to Management of Technology students. Financial Management studies corporate finance and capital markets, emphasizing the financial aspects of managerial decisions. It touches on all areas of finance, including the valuation of real and financial assets, risk management and financial derivatives, the trade-off between risk and expected return, and corporate financing and dividend policy. The course draws heavily on empirical research to help guide managerial decisions.
Financial institutions are a pillar of civilized society, supporting people in their productive ventures and managing the economic risks they take on. The workings of these institutions are important to comprehend if we are to predict their actions today and their evolution in the coming information age. The course strives to offer understanding of the theory of finance and its relation to the history, strengths and imperfections of such institutions as banking, insurance, securities, futures, and other derivatives markets, and the future of these institutions over the next century.