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Course overview
MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I (Fall 2008) is a core graduate-level course in financial economics offered by the MIT Sloan School of Management. Taught by Professors Andrew Lo and Jiang Wang, this course provides a rigorous foundation in modern finance theory. It covers key concepts such as the time value of money, asset valuation, risk and return, portfolio theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), arbitrage pricing theory, and market efficiency. The course is designed for MBA students and emphasizes both theoretical frameworks and real-world applications, helping students understand how financial markets operate and how to make sound investment decisions.
Curriculum for this course
20 Lessons
20 hours
Ses 1: Introduction and Course Overview
1 Lessons
1 hours 07 minutes 12 seconds
Ses 2: Present Value Relations I
1 Lessons
1 hours 15 minutes 55 seconds
Ses 3: Present Value Relations II
1 Lessons
1 hours 20 minutes 14 seconds
Ses 4: Present Value Relations III & Fixed-Income Securities I
1 Lessons
1 hours 11 minutes 56 seconds
Ses 5: Fixed-Income Securities II
1 Lessons
1 hours 19 minutes 18 seconds
Ses 6: Fixed-Income Securities III
1 Lessons
1 hours 19 minutes 53 seconds
Ses 7: Fixed-Income Securities IV
1 Lessons
1 hours 15 minutes 56 seconds
Ses 8: Equities
1 Lessons
1 hours 15 minutes 30 seconds
Ses 9: Forward and Futures Contracts I
1 Lessons
1 hours 19 minutes 12 seconds
Ses 10: Forward and Futures Contracts II & Options I
1 Lessons
1 hours 19 minutes 49 seconds
Ses 11: Options II
1 Lessons
58 minutes 52 seconds
Ses 12: Options III & Risk and Return I
1 Lessons
1 hours 07 minutes
Ses 13: Risk and Return II & Portfolio Theory I
1 Lessons
1 hours 18 minutes 36 seconds
Ses 14: Portfolio Theory II
1 Lessons
1 hours 20 minutes 39 seconds
Ses 15: Portfolio Theory III & The CAPM and APT I
1 Lessons
1 hours 18 minutes 33 seconds
Ses 16: The CAPM and APT II
1 Lessons
1 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds
Ses 17: The CAPM and APT III & Capital Budgeting I
1 Lessons
1 hours 20 minutes 27 seconds
Ses 18: Capital Budgeting II & Efficient Markets I
1 Lessons
1 hours 19 minutes 49 seconds
Ses 19: Efficient Markets
1 Lessons
1 hours 20 minutes 09 seconds
Ses 20: Efficient Markets III & Course Summary
1 Lessons
54 minutes 24 seconds
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