Finance and Capital Markets

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1. Interest and debt 
2. ​Housing 
3. ​Inflation 
4. ​Taxes
5. ​Accounting and financial statements

​6.​Stocks and bonds 
7. ​Investment vehicles, insurance, and retirement 
8. ​Money, banking and central banks 
9. ​Options, swaps, futures, MBSs, CDOs, and other derivatives 
10. ​Current economics

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1. Interest and debt ​

1. ​Compound interest basics
2. Interest basics
3. Credit cards and loans
4. Continuous compound interest and e
5. Present value
6. Personal bankruptcy

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​2. Housing

1. Home equity and personal balance sheets
2. Renting vs. buying a home
3. Mortgages
4. Home buying process

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3. Inflation ​

1. ​Inflation basics
2. Inflation scenarios
3. Real and nominal return
4. Capacity utilization and inflation
5. Deflation

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4. Taxes

1. ​Personal taxes
2. Corporate taxation

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​5. Accounting and financial statements

1. ​Cash versus accrual accounting
2. Three core financial statements
3. Depreciation and amortization

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6. Stocks and bonds ​

1. ​Introduction to stocks
2. Shorting stock
3. Understanding company statements and capital structure
4. Corporate metrics and valuation
5. Life of a company--from birth to death
6. Dilution
7. Mergers and acquisitions
8. Leveraged buy-outs
9. Bonds
10. Corporate bankruptcy

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7. Investment vehicles, insurance, and retirement ​

1. ​Mutual funds and ETFs
2. Retirement accounts: IRAs and 401ks
3. Life insurance
4. Hedge funds
5. Investment and consumption

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8. Money, banking and central banks ​

1. ​Banking and money
2. Quantitative easing
3. 2008 bank bailout
4. Geithner plan
5. Foreign exchange and trade
6. Chinese currency and U.S. debt
7. 2011-2012 Greek debt crisis
8. Bitcoin

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9. Options, swaps, futures, MBSs, CDOs, and other derivatives ​

1. ​Put and call options
2. Forward and futures contracts
3. Mortgage-backed securities
4. Collateralized debt obligations
5. Credit default swaps
6. Interest rate swaps
7. Black-Scholes formula

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​10. Current economics

1. ​Unemployment
2. Housing price conundrum
3. Credit crisis
4. Paulson bailout