The financial markets create tremendous opportunities that, for many of us, would otherwise be out of reach. A new home. Your child's college education. Retirement. Without the ability to borrow and invest, life as we know it simply wouldn't exist.

Taking full advantage of everything the markets have to offer requires not only becoming familiar with its unique instruments, practices, and risks, but understanding the ways the financial world and your own life are inextricably linked in ways both direct and indirect, visible and obscured.

But with record-breaking highs one minute and economy-rocking lows the next-not to mention arcane rules and ambiguous terminology-it can seem as if there's no way to feel truly comfortable in this mysterious world. But there is, and it's more accessible than you might think.

Financial Literacy: Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets is an essential primer on this domain, from its functions, strengths, and possibilities to its weaknesses and vulnerabilities. In 24 eye-opening, plainspoken lectures, award-winning Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University reveals the interconnected workings of the financial markets and how society's financial strength-and your own-depend on money continuing to move through these channels. You'll not only gain a new appreciation for the variety of financial products and services available to you, but also for how crucial we as individuals are to the functioning of the entire system.

You'll clearly see how these markets affect you-and vice versa-any time you're involved in a financial transaction, whether you're

financing a car;
applying for a mortgage;
receiving a preapproved credit card offer;
participating in your company's 401K plan; or
making a deposit at your local bank.
Introductory in nature but by no means taught at a surface level, this course provides the concepts and tools you need to draw direct connections between headlines made globally and what's happening to your bottom line locally. By the final lecture, you'll understand just how interdependent the world's markets have become; feel newly at ease in the realm of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, derivatives, and credit; and be better able to make informed decisions for your financial future.
Learn the Rules of the Game

To many of us, the financial markets seem to play by their own rules-and those rules make little logical sense. For example, when the unemployment rate rises, the stock market sometimes rises along with it. In a short sale, an asset is sold before it is bought. And in the high-stakes world of mergers and acquisitions, financial transactions are routinely done "on paper," with massive companies being bought and sold despite no money changing hands. How can this be?

Presuming no prior experience in finance, Financial Literacy unravels these and other riddles as it walks you through the fascinating history of banking, which begins with medieval goldsmiths' vaults, and the functions of the instruments and institutions that constitute the system as a whole.

Carefully connecting the dots each step of the way, Professor Fullenkamp demystifies industry jargon and explains how businesses, governments, and-primarily-households inject funds into the market, revealing that it's our money flowing through this labyrinthine network that forms the bedrock of the system.

You'll start the course with an overview of the six essential jobs the financial markets perform for society and how every financial transaction or product attempts to carry out at least one.


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