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Ses 1: Introduction and Course Overview

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What it is

First session of MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I (Fall 2008) taught by Andrew Lo, giving a course overview and introducing core finance concepts. The course ran during the 2007-08 financial crisis.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a free, first-principles finance course for software engineers wanting to learn business and finance.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “The course is excellent.”

    Finance Theory course taught during 2008 crisis

    timsally, 2020-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn business administration/finance?”

  2. “But the ones I listed here are good based on my experience.”

    MIT finance theory course by Andrew Lo

    langitbiru, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?”

  3. “This is a pretty reasonable jumping off point for their corpus of financial engineering stuff”

    Starting point for MIT financial engineering material

    benreesman, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Understanding Jane Street”

  4. “MIT free course on finance from first principles.”

    Free MIT finance course from first principles

    gretch, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to learn business being a software engineer”

  5. “This series on Finance Theory by Andrew Lo unfolded just during the 2007-08 crisis”

    Finance Theory lectures given during the 2007-08 crisis

    gadiyar, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've ever seen?”

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Topics: mit, andrew lo, finance, corporate finance, financial crisis

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