Details

Description

4 videodiscs (approximately 12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Series

The great courses. Business & economics. Business

Great courses (DVD). Business & economics.

System Details

DVD.

Note

Title from container.

Performer

Lecturer: Professor Connel Fullenkamp.

Note

In container (17 cm.).

The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 24 lectures.

GMD: videorecording.

Summary

Professor Connel Fullenkamp offers an essential primer on financial markets, from its functions, strengths, and possibilities to its weaknesses and vulnerabilities. He reveals the interconnected workings of the financial markets and how society's financial strength-- and your own-- depend on money continuing to move through these channels. You'll not only gain a new appreciation for the variety of financial products and services available to you, but also for how crucial we as individuals are to the functioning of the entire system.

Contents

Feeling at home in the financial markets -- Where the money goes -- Financial markets run on information -- Giving credit where credit is due -- The fine print -- What is special about banks? -- Billion-dollar IOUs -- using bonds to borrow -- The double identity of stocks -- The sell job -- The mysterious money market -- Think globally, lend ... globally -- Trading securities -- Returns and prices in the secondary market -- The truth about pricing -- A tale of two funds -- The market for corporate control -- What companies tell the markets -- What moves the markets -- When Central Banks talk, markets listen -- Interest rates as indicators -- Risk management and insurance -- Mortgages and securitization -- The whys and hows of financial regulation -- The future of finance.

Subject

Financial literacy.

Finance, Personal.

Finance, Personal.

Financial literacy.

Genre/Form

Filmed lectures.

Educational films.

Nonfiction films.

Added Author

Teaching Company.

Recorded Books, LLC.

Added Title

Finding your way in the financial markets

ISBN

9781490654294

1490654291

Music No.

GV0027 Recorded Books

5831 Teaching Co.