Financial institutions are a pillar of civilized society, supporting people in their productive ventures and managing the economic risks they take on. The workings of these institutions are important to comprehend if we are to predict their actions today and their evolution in the coming information age. The course strives to offer understanding of the theory of finance and its relation to the history, strengths and imperfections of such institutions as banking, insurance, securities, futures, and other derivatives markets, and the future of these institutions over the next century.

This Yale College course, taught on campus twice per week for 75 minutes, was recorded for Open Yale Courses in Spring 2008.

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	1. Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	2. The Universal Principle of Risk Management...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	3. Technology and Invention in Finance	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	4. Portfolio Diversification and Supporting...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	5. Insurance: The Archetypal Risk Management...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	6. Efficient Markets vs. Excess Volatility	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	7. Behavioral Finance: The Role of Psychology	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	8. Human Foibles, Fraud, Manipulation...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	9. Guest Lecture by David Swensen	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	10. Debt Markets: Term Structure	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	11. Stocks	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	12. Real Estate Finance and Its Vulnerability...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	13. Banking: Successes and Failures	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	14. Guest Lecture by Andrew Redleaf	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	15. Guest Lecture by Carl Icahn	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	16. The Evolution and Perfection of Monetary...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	17. Investment Banking and Secondary Markets	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	18. Professional Money Managers...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	19. Brokerage, ECNs, etc.	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	20. Guest Lecture by Stephen Schwarzman	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	21. Forwards and Futures	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	22. Stock Index, Oil and Other Futures Markets	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	23. Options Markets	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	24. Making It Work for Real People...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	25. Learning from and Responding to Financial...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	26. Learning from and Responding to Financial...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]