Trident FIN301 2019 January Module 1 Discussion Latest

FIN301 Principles of Finance

Module 1 Discussion

Silly Finance Videos/Discussion

Let’s start off this discussion on a light-hearted note. Finance is a dry and serious topic for most of you. So as an initial challenge, find a video on YouTube that illustrates some financial concepts from this module in a silly or entertaining manner. I’ll start off with a very old cartoon video that explains the financial world:

The Film Archives. (1957). The stock market explained simply: Finance and investing basics. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgM68Yf-C0Q&t=140s

See if you can find something even sillier. But remember the video still should have some educational value in terms of explaining some concepts for this class. You can also choose to find a silly video on how to use Microsoft Excel, as this is another tool you will use in this class.

Finally, before the end of the module, post the four stocks you chose for your SLP and the current stock prices of these companies. We will be having a contest to see whose imaginary portfolio performs the best this session, so let’s see where everyone is starting at with their imaginary $20,000 portfolio.