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Ses 1: Introduction and Course Overview

MIT OpenCourseWare · 2.8M views · 2013-05-10 · 1:07:13

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First session of MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I (Fall 2008) taught by Andrew Lo, giving a course overview and introducing core finance concepts. The course ran during the 2007-08 financial crisis.

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Recommended as a free, first-principles finance course for software engineers wanting to learn business and finance.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2020–2023

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timsally · 2020-07 · Strong recommendation

Finance Theory I by Prof. Andrew Lo: [LINK] . You can view the first lecture here: [VIDEO] . Prof. Lo taught this course at MIT in the Fall of 2008, which you can imagine would be a very interesting time to teach finance. The course is excellent. I think you'll really enjoy it.

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gretch · 2023-01 · Recommendation

MIT free course on finance from first principles. Answers questions like the difference between price and value. Why do interest rates exist [VIDEO]

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gadiyar · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Some good ones from Stephen Boyd - helped me really grok the subjects. Signals and Systems: [LINK] Linear Dynamical Systems: [LINK] This series on Finance Theory by Andrew Lo unfolded just during the 2007-08 crisis - so that's an added bonus as the lectures refer to ongoing events sometimes. [VIDEO]

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