Financial Markets (2011) with Robert Shiller - 17. Options Markets

Master the Markets: Unravel the Intricacies of Finance and Investment with Yale's Expert Insights on Risk, Innovation, and Strategy in the Financial World

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Understand the impact of financial crises and risk management in modern finance
Analyze the role of technology and innovation in financial markets
Apply principles of portfolio diversification and real estate investment strategies
Evaluate the significance of behavioral finance and psychological influences on markets

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27.5 hours of video
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Call option put option strike/exercise price American vs. European options maturity/exercise date early exercise of options newspaper quotes of options derivatives markets Chicago Board Options Exchange

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Financial Markets (2011) (ECON 252) After introducing the core terms and main ideas of options in the beginning of the lecture, Professor Shiller emphasizes two purposes of options, a theoretical and a behavioral purpose. Subsequently, he provides a graphical representation for the value of a call and a put option, and, in this context, addresses the put-call parity for European options. Within the framework of the Binomial Asset Pricing model, he derives the value of a call-option from the no-arbitrage-principle, and, as a continuous-time analogue to this formula, he presents the Black-Scholes Option Pricing formula. He contrasts implied volatility, as represented by the VIX index of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, which uses a different formula in the spirit of Black-Scholes, with the actual S&P Composite volatility from 1986 until 2010. Professor Shiller concludes the lecture with some thoughts about options on single-family homes that he launched with his colleagues of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 2006. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Examples of Options Markets and Core Terms 07:11 - Chapter 2. Purposes of Option Contracts 17:11 - Chapter 3. Quoted Prices of Options and the Role of Derivatives Markets 24:54 - Chapter 4. Call and Put Options and the Put-Call Parity 34:56 - Chapter 5. Boundaries on the Price of a Call Option 39:07 - Chapter 6. Pricing Options with the Binomial Asset Pricing Model 51:02 - Chapter 7. The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Formula 55:49 - Chapter 8. Implied Volatility - The VIX Index in Comparison to Actual Market Volatility 01:09:33 - Chapter 9. The Potential for Options in the Housing Market Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2011.