Financial
Markets
Lecture
Slides for Spring 2009
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Lecture 1 Introduction to Financial Economics
Lecture 3 Stock Exchanges and ECNs
Lecture 4 Stock Market History
Lecture 8 Introduction to Options
Lecture 9 Options Trading Strategies
Lecture 10 Yield-Bearing Financial Assets – Part 1 Treasuries
Lecture 11 Yield-Bearing Financial Assets – Part 2 Other YBFAs
VideoCast explanation of how NASDAQ Level II works (experimental and optional)
VideoCast explanation of FOREX trading (experimental but required)
Lecture 13 Introduction to Futures
Lecture 14 Using FOREX and Futures as an Inflation Hedge
:Lecture 15 Introduction to Real Estate
Lecture 16 CMOs and the Housing Bubble
The Real Estate Handout (including terms)