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November 12, 2014 · Lesson

Accounting for Equity Investments

This lecture by Blair Cook discusses accounting for equity investments under International Accounting Standards.

July 5, 2012 · Lesson

Lecture 12: Deposit Banking

This lecture discusses deposit banking, fractional reserve banking, deposit multiplier, creating money out of "thin air", and the credit crunch.

July 2, 2012 · Lesson

Lecture 10: Factors Determining Money Demand

This lecture discusses the factors determining Money Demand: (1) supply of goods and services, (2) clearing systems, (3) frequency of payments, (4) confidence in money, ands (5) inflationary expectations. Hyperinflation.

July 1, 2012 · Lesson

Lecture 11: Introduction to Commercial Banking

In the previous lectures we discussed various aspects of money. This lecture shifts focus towards banking and provides an introduction to the topic of commercial banking. It briefly covers loan banking and begins deposit banking.

July 1, 2012 · Lesson

Economic Indicators - Unemployment Rate

This video talks about unemployment rate, which is one of the important economic indicators. The video discusses what unemployment rate is, it's various characteristics, and how it affects financial markets.

December 11, 2011

Implementing IFRS

This video from Ernst & Young talks about the challenges in implementation of IFRS and the differences between IFRS and national GAAPS.

March 25, 2011

Cost Accounting

To understand if a product is truly profitable all costs have to be accounted for. Every cost accounted for shows if a profit is made in that product line. More often than not, companies look at making profit through volume sales. This is a fallacy.

January 6, 2011 · Lesson

Plan your Business

Planning is an important part of doing business. At the outset it may seem time consuming and not entirely useful. Good planning often leads to effective management of resources since everything is taken thought of ahead.

January 6, 2011 · Lesson

Trading Costs Involved in Stock Trading

Trading in stocks involves certain cost with are commonly known as trading costs. These courses are made up of the commission or the brokerage fees paid to the broker, and the bid-offer spread. In case of large transactions there is an additional cost known as market impact. This is because executing a large transaction may move the price from the originally quoted price.

September 22, 2010 · Lesson

Inflation vs Deflation?

Recently there has been a lot of talk about whether US economy is headed towards deflationary environment. This video from Professor Sidney Winter throws some light on the concepts of inflation and deflation.

May 28, 2010