You can learn about the stock market in many ways. But most people cannot afford to learn the wrong way-- by making expensive mistakes. The wisest approach is to understand exactly what the stock market is and how it works.

"In Advanced Investments, you learn practical techniques for analyzing the central problem of investing: how to determine if a potential investment is a good deal. Using concepts from probability and statistics, you learn how to measure risk accurately. Then you explore methods for determining if a security will generate returns that compensate for its risk. Throughout the course, you constantly weigh the relative advantages of active and passive...

Managing money is more than being frugal. It's about recognizing how we respond emotionally to financial decisions, understanding the basics of financial products and markets, and creating a plan that helps us reach our life goals. This course will guide you through the fascinating world of how we manage money throughout our lifetime. You will explore new research that explains how our intuition leads us to make common mistakes, review the most important...

Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides you through four centuries of economic disasters--from tulip mania in the 1600s to the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Each of his 24 lectures (30 Minutes per lectures) covers a notable incident of financial misfortune or folly that is worthy of a Hollywood thriller. You hear how Charles Ponzi conducted the moneymaking scam that bears his name; how mining companies in the Old West sprang up like...