This video covers one of the most fundamental concepts in Finance… the Risk Free Rate. VIDEO SUMMARY The risk free rate is a really important concept in finance. So I’m going to spend some time talking about it because it is not entirely intuitive. What the risk free rate means is, it is finance professionals …
In this video I explain the very important skill of reading a yield curve. VIDEO SUMMARY The yield curve for US treasuries is an incredibly important concept to understand. It doesn’t matter what area of finance you are in, this is the one chart that everybody looks at and I think it’s important to understand …
In this video I give you an overview of stocks and bonds. VIDEO SUMMARY: I wanted to make this video, because I want to ensure that everyone understands the basics of stocks and bonds before we move on to some of the more advanced financial topics. Stocks and bonds are a type of asset class. …
In this video, I discuss this age old question. What’s the difference between Accounting and Finance? VIDEO SUMMARY This video is about the difference between accounting and finance. I am making this video because there is a lot of confusion out there about the difference between these two roles. A lot of people in …
In this video, I continue the discussion on the Time Value of Money. VIDEO SUMMARY Let’s talk about the equation for the Time Value of Money. I’m going to put it up, and you can see that there are four different variables. You have present value, future value, rate, and the number of periods. So …
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In this video I start talking about the Time Value of Money. This is the central idea behind all of Finance. Don’t miss this one! VIDEO SUMMARY: This video is on the “Time Value of Money.” We are going to talk about the concept. Then we’ll walk through an equation. And then we’ll walk through …
Before we got into the financial discussion, I thought it was a good idea to address some of the concerns people have about Finance. Check it out! VIDEO SUMMARY “Why don’t people like finance?” I want to address this question before we get too far along in these videos because I think sometimes people can …
In this video I tackle the question “What is Finance?” VIDEO SUMMARY: What is Finance? This really simple question confuses a lot of people and understandably so. Finance is a really broad subject area and so bottling it down into kind of a definition is difficult. So what I’m going to do in this video …
This is the beginning of a video series on the Core Concepts of Finance! VIDEO SUMMARY Welcome to this video series on the core concepts of finance. My name is Zach De Gregorio and I put this video series together as a kind of introductory series of classes on finance. Finance is a complicated subject …