Sessions Lecture 1 ---Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces in Our Economy and Society Lecture 2 ---The Universal Principle of Risk Management: Pooling and the Hedging of Risks Lecture 3 ---Technology and Invention in Finance Lecture 4 ---Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions (CAPM Model) Lecture 5 ---Insurance: The Archetypal Risk Management Institution Lecture 6 ---Efficient Markets vs
Excess Volatility Lecture 7 ---Behavioral Finance: The Role of Psychology Lecture 8 ---Human Foibles, Fraud, Manipulation, and Regulation Lecture 9 ---Guest Lecture by David Swensen Lecture 10 --Debt Markets: Term Structure Exam 1 -----Midterm Exam 1 Lecture 11 --Stocks Lecture 12 --Real Estate Finance and Its Vulnerability to Crisis Lecture 13 --Banking: Successes and Failure