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Financial Essentials Tutorial
Ralph Grambo, University of Scranton.  A short presentation, almost summary-like, of various introductory financial topics.  Topics include Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Forcasting, Financial Crisis Management, Cash Flow Cycle of the Firm, Cash Budgets and Bank Financing, Bond Valuation, Monte Carlo Techniques, Retirement and Pensions, Cost of Capital, Receivables and Discriminant Analysis.

Investments
Reto Gallati, MIT. The strong point of this course is its complete set of lecture notes on 23 subtopics in pdf format, all clearly presented and graphically depicted. Topics include: Lecture 2: Securities, Random Walk on Wall Street (PDF) Lecture 3: Portfolio Theory Part 1: Setting up the Problem (PDF) Lecture 4: Portfolio Theory Part 2: Extensions (PDF) Lecture 5: Portfolio Theory Part 3: Optimal Risky Portfolio (PDF) Lecture 6: The CAPM and APT Part 1: Theory (PDF) Lecture 7: Applications and Tests (PDF) Lecture 8 & 9: The Equity Market: Cross Sectional Variation in Stock Returns (PDF) Lecture 10: Equity Options Part 1: Pricing (PDF) Lecture 11: Equity Options Part 2: Empirical Evidence (PDF) Lecture 13: The Fixed Income Market Part 1: Introduction (PDF) Lecture 14: The Fixed Income Market Part 2: Time Varying Interest Rates and Yield Curves (PDF) Lecture 15: Forwards, Futures & Swaps (PDF) Lecture 16: Risk Management (PDF) Lecture 17: The Credit Market Part 1: Modeling Default Risk (PDF) Lecture 18: The Credit Market Part 2: Credit Derivatives (PDF) Lecture 19: Security Analysis (PDF) Lecture 20: Active Portfolio Management (PDF) Lecture 21: Hedge Funds (PDF) Lecture 22: Market Efficiency (PDF) Lecture 23: Commodities (PDF)

Financial Valuation
Vikas Mehrotra, University of Alberta.  This course introduces the valuation of financial assets such as bonds and stocks. Similar techniques are used to value capital investments. Both private and public sector applications are considered. Fundamental concepts in asset valuation such as diversification strategies are discussed within the context of simple asset pricing models and efficient financial markets (author's summary).

Intro to Commodity Markets and Futures Trading
By TFC Commodity Charts.  A Brief History, Futures Exchanges, Futures Contract, Market Pressures, Clearing House, Taking a Position, Taking Delivery, Options, etc.

Intro to Basic Financial Equations
By TeachMeFinance.com.  Time Value of Money, Annuities, Perpetuities, Interest, CAPM, Security Market Line, Bond Valuation, Stock Valuation, Cost of Capital, Capital Budgeting, etc.
 
 

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