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Economics
4 lessons to explore at your own pace.
Lessons in Economics
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Self-paced lesson · ~15 min read
Financial Markets, Financial Terms and Concepts, and Bond Mathematics
The central question is simple: how do we compare money, assets, and risks across time? First understand where trading happens and who trades; then learn to translate future cash flows…
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Self-paced lesson · ~17 min read
Linear Rates, Products, and Models: SOFR, Swaps, Yield Curves, and Hedging
Interest-rate markets connect today's money to future cash flows. Their basic products—deposits, bonds, futures, and swaps—provide the prices used to construct yield curves and hedge…
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Self-paced lesson · ~16 min read
Building a CFTC-Regulated Event Exchange: Kalshi, Market Design, and Event Risk
An event exchange turns a precisely defined future outcome into a tradable payoff. Building one requires much more than a forecasting website: contract language, order matching,…
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Self-paced lesson · ~4 min read
Guide to IPOs - Understanding the Costs, Process, and Market Trends
Welcome to today's lecture on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Our discussion will focus on why firms decide to go public, the costs and steps involved in the IPO process, and the…