Financial Markets (2011) with Robert Shiller 9. Corporate Stocks
9. Corporate Stocks Transcript and Lesson Notes
Financial Markets (2011) (ECON 252) Professor Shiller emphasizes the worldwide importance of corporations by looking at World Bank data for corporate stocks as traded on global stock markets. He, then, turns his attentio
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Financial Markets (2011) (ECON 252) Professor Shiller emphasizes the worldwide importance of corporations by looking at World Bank data for corporate stocks as traded on global stock markets. He, then, turns his attentio
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Financial Markets (2011) (ECON 252) Professor Shiller emphasizes the worldwide importance of corporations by looking at World Bank data for corporate stocks as traded on global stock markets. He, then, turns his attention to the concept of a corporation, elaborating on the role of shareholders, the board of directors, and the Chief Operating Officer. He compares and contrasts for-profit and nonprofit corporations. He discusses equity financing of for-profit corporations, covering market capitalization, dividends, share repurchases, dilution, and the difference between common and preferred shares. He discusses, and rejects claims that share issuance is not really important for capital raising in modern times. Professor Shiller concludes this lecture with a discussion of the balance sheets of two well-known corporations, Xerox and Microsoft. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction 00:55 - Chapter 2. Professor Shiller's Personal Experiences of Founding a Corporation 05:05 - Chapter 3. Worldwide Importance of Corporate Stocks 15:46 - Chapter 4. The Structure of a Corporation 28:28 - Chapter 5. Corporate Financing through Equity 37:10 - Chapter 6. Different Forms of Corporate Financing 46:56 - Chapter 7. The Interplay between Corporate Decisions and Financial Markets 58:54 - Chapter 8. The Balance Sheets of Xerox and Microsoft Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2011.
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Financial Markets (2011) (ECON 252) Professor Shiller emphasizes the worldwide importance of corporations by looking at World Bank data for corporate stocks as traded on global stock markets. He, then, turns his attentio
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The lesson covers Case Shiller Weiss Inc., corporation, shareholders, shareholders meeting, chief executive officer.
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