ECON 15
Stock Market
Last Offered Winter 2009
Division II
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

Elementary description and analysis of the stock market. Emphasis will be on the roles of the market in our economy, including evaluation of business firms and the success of particular capital investments, allocating savings to different types of investment, and providing liquid and marketable financial investments for individual savers. The course will focus on the description of mechanics of trading on various exchanges and other markets, stock market indexes or “averages” (Dow-Jones, S&P, 500, etc.), how to read the financial news, historical rates of return on stocks and portfolios, role of mutual funds, beta coefficients, and “random walk” theory. The course will also involve a brief introduction to financial reports of firms and analysis of financial ratios. The course is a web-based course. The course website will include required readings from various linked web sites and required homework problems
The Class: Limit: 30
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: discussions, do some homework assignments & as part of a team, give two presentations & write a 10-page report analyzing wisdom or folly of having chosen a particular investment portfolio; grade will be determined performance on several quizzes and a wri
Extra Info: The course should meet for two hours on each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of every week of Winter Study except last week when classes should meet Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; afternoons.
Extra Info 2: Leo McMenimen has taught in the Winter Study Program at Williams College since 1980. He recently retired as a professor from the School of Business, Montclair State University.
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: Not intended for students who already know much about the stock market; students who have had Economics 317 not admitted
Materials/Lab Fee: downloading from course website approx. 100 pages of material
Distributions: Division II

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