Financial Market Course from Yale University
Career, Finance March 29th. 2009, 9:08am
I spent this weekend “joining” a finance course from Professor Shiller, Yale University. No… no… I didn’t go to Yale University. I just “watched” the course online on Academic Earth.
For those who don’t know, Professor Shiller is an American academic, economist and best-selling author. He is quite popular these days after the housing burst in the US. He (with his two other economists) introduced Case-Shiller Index to track house pricing.
The course is very interesting, especially for me who come from a totally different world. There are 26 lectures in total, discussing about banking, insurance, stocks, options as well as financial crisis.
April 8th, 2009 at 4:43 am
to my little (most probably un)educated guess, pre-word to Professor Shiller’s finance course could use something little more … mmmm… *elaborated* than “Financial institutions are a pillar of civilized society, supporting people in their productive ventures and managing the economic risks they take on.” Or was it some sort of cynical joke, in the light of financial institutions as *pillars* worldwide crisis?