This week I talk about the important concept of market prices. VIDEO SUMMARY In the last video we talked about the investment decision-making process and how it is important to identify mispricing in the market. That leads to the next logical concept, which is “what are market prices?” Today it is really easy to …
In this video I discuss the biggest investing mistake. VIDEO SUMMARY This video is on the biggest investing mistake. I wanted to make a video about this because this is a mistake that I hear people make all the time. What is crazy is that the people making this mistake should know better. I …
This video dives deep into understanding the CAPM. Enjoy! VIDEO SUMMARY In this video we are going to continue our discussion of the capital asset pricing model. We are going to walk through the equation twice. The first time we are going to do a general overview to give you a sense of what …
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This video covers the concept behind the Capital Asset Pricing Model. VIDEO SUMMARY This video is on the Capital Asset Pricing Model. For short, people refer to this as the CAPM. I am going to start by putting up the equation. This is a mathematical equation. It was first published in the 1960s and the …
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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 …