Stocks Simplified is designed to give students a basic understanding of finance and stock market investing. The course will cover the following topics:

-Differences between debt and equity
-A look at compounding and inflation
-Risk + Return / Bond Pricing
-Historical returns of stocks
-Stock payout policy
-Stock valuation
-Stock Picking
-Options and shorting

Many of these topics are covered in 103, and therefore if you are focused on finance and accounting my course might be too basic for you.

Grading will be based on class attendance, participation and a 1 page paper at the end of the course. (easy) Success will require light reading pared with heavy class participation.

There is no class today because it is a holiday.

I can only take 34 students in the class, I think more than 34 people want to take the class. To help weed out people who are not interested in the material I am creating an assignment due on the first day.

The assignment will be posted on this blog by 6pm on Sunday night. (it will not be hard)

Class begins on Monday night at 6:30.

Hope to see you there and thanks for the interest.

Best,

Michael