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ECON 252: Financial Markets

Lecture 19 - Investment Banks. Professor Shiller characterizes investment banking by contrasting it to consulting, commercial banking, and securities trading. Then, in order to see the essence of investment banking, he reviews some of the principles that John Whitehead, the former chairman of Goldman Sachs, has formulated. These principles are the basis for a discussion of the substantial power that investment bankers have, and their role in society. Government regulation of these powerful investment banks has been a thorny issue for many years, and especially so now since they played a significant role in world financial crisis of the 2000s.
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Lecture 19 - Investment Banks

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. Key Elements of Investment Banking
[00:09:50] 2. Principles and Culture of Investment Banking
[00:16:54] 3. Regulation of Investment Banking
[00:27:21] 4. Shadow Banking and the Repo Market
[00:33:04] 5. Fougner: From ECON 252 to Wall Street
[00:46:24] 6. Fougner: Steps to Take Today to Work on Wall Street
[00:53:49] 7. Fougner: From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, Experiences at Facebook
[00:57:56] 8. Fougner: Question and Answer Session

References
Lecture 19 - Investment Banks
Instructor: Professor Robert J. Shiller. Resources: Multiple-Choice Quiz [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction and What this Course Will Do for You and Your Purposes
Lecture 02 - Risk and Financial Crises
Lecture 03 - Technology and Invention in Finance
Lecture 04 - Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions
Lecture 05 - Insurance, the Archetypal Risk Management Institution, its Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Lecture 06 - Guest Speaker David Swensen
Lecture 07 - Efficient Markets
Lecture 08 - Theory of Debt, Its Proper Role, Leverage Cycles
Lecture 09 - Corporate Stocks
Lecture 10 - Real Estate
Lecture 11 - Behavioral Finance and the Role of Psychology
Lecture 12 - Misbehavior, Crises, Regulation and Self Regulation
Lecture 13 - Banks
Lecture 14 - Guest Speaker Maurice "Hank" Greenberg
Lecture 15 - Forward and Futures Markets
Lecture 16 - Guest Speaker Laura Cha
Lecture 17 - Options Markets
Lecture 18 - Monetary Policy
Lecture 19 - Investment Banks
Lecture 20 - Professional Money Managers and their Influence
Lecture 21 - Exchanges, Brokers, Dealers, Clearinghouses
Lecture 22 - Public and Non-Profit Finance
Lecture 23 - Finding your Purpose in a World of Financial Capitalism