Econ 251

What this Course Will Do for You and Your Purposes 2. Risk and Financial Crises 3. Technology and Invention in Finance 4. Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions 5. Insurance, the Archetypal Risk Management Institution, its Opportunit... 6. Guest Speaker David Swensen 7. Efficient Markets 8. Theory of Debt, Its Proper Role, Leverage Cycles 9. Corporate Stocks 10. Real Estate 11. Behavioral Finance and the Role of Psychology 12. Misbehavior, Crises, Regulation and Self Regulation 13. Banks 14. Guest Speaker Maurice "Hank" Greenberg 15. Forward and Futures Markets 16. Guest Speaker Laura Cha 17. Options Markets 18. Monetary Policy 19. Investment Banks 20. Professional Money Managers and their Influence 21. Exchanges, Brokers, Dealers, Clearinghouses 22. Public and Non-Profit Finance 23. Finding your Purpose in a World of Financial Capitalism