FinanceBasics Podcasting        

Description

FinanceBasics is presented by Larry Schrenk and is a series of talks providing a basic and informal introduction to various concepts and issues in modern finance. It will not, however, offer any ‘stock tips’ or specific investment advice. The goal is to inform listeners of the ideas, methods, history and concepts of both corporate finance and investing. The presenter is Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at the Kogod School of Business, American University. Comments and suggestions are welcome and may be sent to financebasics@comcast.net,  but it will not be possible to respond to individual e-mails. There is also a FinanceBasics Blog.

Podcasts

• General

• Introduction

• Basic Concepts in Finance

• Diversification

• What is Risk?

• Time Value of Money

• Simple versus Compound Interest

• Opportunity Costs

• Risk-Return Trade-Off

• Market Risk

• Return

• Expected Value

• Weighted Average

• Discounting and Compounding

• Interest

• Interest Rates

• Volatility

• Models

• The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

• The Black-Scholes (-Merton) Option Pricing Model

• History of Finance

• The Erie Canal

• The Origins of Wall Street

• Scarlet Lady

• The Origin of Preferred Shares

Podcast Directories

FinanceBasics is currently available on the following podcast directories:

• iTunes

• Podcast Pickle (http://www.podcastpickle.com/)

• The Podcast Directory (http://www.podcastdirectory.com/)

• Podcasting News (http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/links.php)

• Pod Feed (http://podfeed.net/).