HMC Economics 104

Financial Markets

Professor Gary R. Evans

Lecture Slides for Spring 2009

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Module 1

Lecture 1 Introduction to Financial Economics

Lecture 2 Stock Fundamentals

Lecture 3 Stock Exchanges and ECNs

Module 2

Lecture 4 Stock Market History

Lecture 5 Stock Selecting

Module 3

Lecture 6 Mutual Funds

Handout on Mutual Funds Fees

Lecture 7 ETFs

Module 4

Lecture 8 Introduction to Options

Lecture 9 Options Trading Strategies

Module 5

Lecture 10 Yield-Bearing Financial Assets – Part 1 Treasuries

Lecture 11 Yield-Bearing Financial Assets – Part 2 Other YBFAs

Module 6

VideoCast explanation of how NASDAQ Level II works (experimental and optional)

VideoCast explanation of FOREX trading (experimental but required)

Lecture 12 FOREX

Lecture 13 Introduction to Futures

Lecture 14 Using FOREX and Futures as an Inflation Hedge

Module 7

:Lecture 15 Introduction to Real Estate

Lecture 16 CMOs and the Housing Bubble

The Real Estate Handout (including terms)