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Mihir Desai on Demystifying Finance
1. Introduction to the Course
Pre-course Survey
1. Welcome to the Course by Mihir Desai (1:32)
2. Why Is It Important to Understand Finance? (1:27)
3. Exercise: Introduce Yourself
4. Resource: Workbook for the Course
2. Randomness, Insurance and Finance
5. Randomness and Risk: Understanding Insurance (2:29)
6. Insurance: A Financial Tool for Chaos (1:38)
7. Two Branches of Finance: Asset Pricing & Corporate Finance (1:54)
Quiz 1: Distinguish between the Branches of Finance
8. Exercise: Analyze Randomness and Insurance in stories
3. Asset Pricing
9. Assessing Options: Pride and Prejudice (1:45)
10. Increasing Opportunity with Stock Options (2:50)
Quiz 2: The Purpose of Optionality
11. Asset Pricing and Diversification to Reduce Risk (1:37)
12. Types of Financial Assets and Personal Relationships (3:43)
Quiz 3: Types of Betas
13. The Mandate to Create Value: Parable of Talents (3:44)
14. What is Asset Valuation? (4:45)
Quiz 4: Calculating Present Value
15. Exercise: Analyze and illustrate the different elements of Asset Pricing
4. Corporate Finance
16. What is the Principal-Agent Problem? (5:05)
17. How does the Principal-Agent Problem Affect Your Daily Life? (2:18)
Quiz 5: Identifying Principals and Agents
18. Why Should Companies Merge? (3:02)
19. How are Mergers Like Marriages and Why do They Fail? (4:48)
Quiz 6: Ideal Conditions for a Merger
20. Why is Leverage Important to Finance and Life? (5:58)
21. What Are the Risks of Debt and Leverage? (4:24)
22. Exercise: Identify elements of Corporate Finance in stories
5. The Future of Finance
23. Rediscovering the Humanity in Finance (2:00)
24. Why Should Social Entrepreneurs Understand Finance? (3:27)
25. Exercise: Identify the core human needs that Finance serves
26. About +Acumen
27. Complete the Post-Course Satisfaction Survey
6. Bonus Lecture: Updated Interview with Mihir on his new book "How Finance Works"
28. Bonus Interview with Mihir Desai
17. How does the Principal-Agent Problem Affect Your Daily Life?
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