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Currently going through Andrew Lo's MIT Sloan course, Finance Theory 1, for free: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-401-finance-theory-i-fall-2008/pages/video-lec
by shay_ker 3y ago
Currently going through Andrew Lo's MIT Sloan course, Finance Theory 1, for free:
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-401-finance-theory-i-fall-2008/pages/video-lectures-and-slides/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-401-finance-theory-i-fall-200...
The lectures are well structured. Class questions are good.
And best of all... these lectures were done during the 2008 financial crisis, so you see how people react in real time. Fascinating.
- ghaff 3y agoYou make a great suggestion. Not that B-schools get everything right or that they're on the cutting edge but, to the degree curricula and lectures are online, I'd probably lean that way more than bestselling business titles. (Which, truth be told, often have a chapter or two that distills down a lot of the key content. In some cases, they're worth the lengthier read to reinforce the key content but often they're not.)
- shay_ker 3y agoI find lectures much better than books. A lot more engaging and good lecturers are also good storytellers. Especially if you watch lectures at 2x the speed, you can save A LOT of time. And I'd bet your understanding is better, since lecturers can think through problems out loud. Indispensable, IMO.
- ghaff 3y agoI sort of hate doing the 2x thing but I agree with your broader point. My good lecturers were, as you say, good storytellers. Including the guy who won the (I know not really before some pedant corrects me) Nobel Prize for behavioral economics.