MIT 18.642 Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance, Fall 2024
Instructor: Jake Xia
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In this video Jake Xia provides an overview of key financial concepts, including market structure, types of financial products like stocks, bonds, derivatives, and the roles of various market participants. He also introduces investment strategies, emphasizing the importance of understanding personal financial goals, risk management, and the use of mathematical models in pricing and trading, culminating in a practical trading game to apply these concepts.
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Good stuff
great!
For anyone wondering, the teaching part begins at 8:10
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Great intro.
中国当代的士大夫的代表。shame on you
YouTubversity… thank you !! I watched his Videos years ago , about risk management, thank you for sharing new series
Foundations of Finance: Markets, Terminology, and Key Concepts
Awesome, that this is on here❤
Thank you
I wish i’m good in math🥲 😅 that’s why i choose nursing🙃 but i still understand him, im staying🤭
Keep posting ❤
Currently learning finance independently as well. A business student. I tend to use diagrams to conceptualise things since making linear notes rarely helps with recall. It does helps with processing the material but you won’t use them again for referral.
First 10 Minutes is waste of f*** time
Don't forget the wash sale and how it impacts your cost basis and profts and losses.
Look every day 7 million non stop so crypto need bigger markets/
I like invoice payment system but need more 123 like more updated.
MIT thank you for your support.
I worked for Morgan Stanley (that he mentions) in Financial Software and they had their own in house training similar to this course.
I was 14 when i first saw the original lectures and now I'm a college student myself following the updated version. So cool to see a new version
DAMN 10 YEARS
You know he is the best, slides like these are a boss move.
revisiting the course after 10 years, love it
Yoooooooo so ready for this ❤🎉
Thank you professor. I wish i would have been in this classes even for masters would become a finance guru.
Aw hell, Dr. Xia, could you just skip to the bits where we steal other people's money by selling them EXACTLY what they want ?
Insightful lecture; refresh with these financial term
Great MIT just free it course which I or any person free feel to learn then do something for world for MIT Well Thank you MIT All professors To make my future bright
Thankyou
Obediently — Mr Ashish.