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Curated Video
How Algorithms Change the World
What are algorithms, and how do they dictate human behaviour? Helpful and often life-saving functions, algorithms are shaping our lives more and more as they become increasingly complex. Maths - Algebra A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and...
Curated Video
Covid-19: what you need to know about the second wave
The world now faces the threat of a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks. Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, and Slavea Chankova, our health-care correspondent, answer your questions.
AllTime 10s
10 Ways Donald Trump Has Changed The World
Donald Trump has had a huge impact on not just American Politics since his Inaguration, but on the entire world stage. From Twitter politics to that business with North Korea, here's 10 Ways Donald Trump has changed the world.
KnowMo
Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change
This video explains the concept of average and instantaneous rates of change and their significance in various fields such as science, stock markets, and space missions. It discusses how to calculate the rate of change using the gradient...
Financial Times
Coronavirus: can we protect markets and companies?
As coronavirus has spread across the globe markets have fallen sharply and entire industries have warned of imminent bankruptcy. Governments are trying to understand the potential scale of the economic fallout and how to mitigate it.
Financial Times
Coronavirus sell-off why markets have further to fall | Charts that Count
The FT's US finance editor Rob Armstrong says investors in the S&P 500 have made above average returns over the past decade. But at this point, that is both reassuring and frightening.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Perils of Over-Optimistic Borrowing
Can over-optimism endanger the economy?<br<br/>/>
Economist Yueran Ma discusses that very possibility in the credit cycle, as part of INET’s Pr<br/>ivate Debt initiative.
Economist Yueran Ma discusses that very possibility in the credit cycle, as part of INET’s Pr<br/>ivate Debt initiative.
Financial Times
How to homeschool during the coronavirus crisis
Homeschooling is doable and might even be fun. And it's something all parents are having to think about as schools close during the coronavirus outbreak. Hazel Davis explains how she has taught two children and worked from home for the...
Financial Times
Low volatility, high political risk
The FT's Dan McCrum and Eoin Murray, head of investment at Hermes Investment Management, explain how despite the current low-volatility environment, stock markets are pricing in a high political risk scenario.
Economics Explained
The Economics of Disasters: Economic Pandemics
The Wuhan Coronavirus, the active impeachment of a sitting US president, an earthquake and volcanic eruption in the Philippines, floods in Indonesia, the death of Kobe Bryant, magnitude 7.7 earthquakes in the Caribbean and even my...
Curated Video
Other Financial Institutions in the Financial Sector
In this video, the speaker provides an overview of various financial institutions that operate in the financial sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, pension funds, crowdfunding platforms, building societies, and private...
Curated Video
Introduction to Index Numbers
In this video, the presenter discusses the mathematical concept of index numbers. He explains that index numbers are a technique for converting the value of a variable into a format that makes changes in a data series and comparisons...
Financial Times
What if inflation returns?
While most people think interest rates will remain low for a long time, the FT's Robert Armstrong looks at the key factor that could upset that consensus – inflation – and what effect an increase in inflation would have on recent gains...
Investopedia
Investopedia: Stop Loss Order
A stop loss order can protect an investor's portfolio when it is left unattended. Find out more about this market order and how it can work for you. [1 min, 10 sec]
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Take Stock in Your Future
Take a virtual field trip to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to learn what it is like to work on the Floor, IPO's, and how market activity is tracked. There are multiple learning activities that can be downloaded to further your...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Forward and Futures Contracts: Contango From Trader Perspective
What a trader means when they say that a market is in contango. [4:07]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Forward and Futures Contracts: Futures Curves Ii
Explains how a futures curve shows a snapshot in time of the different market prices for the delivery price of a commodity at different future dates. [3:51]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Call Payoff Diagram
A call payoff diagram is a way of visualizing the value of a call option at expiration based on the value of the underlying stock. Learn how to create and interpret call payoff diagrams in this video [3:21].
Common Craft
Common Craft: Stock Markets
This video is an introduction to the basic ideas behind stock markets.