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Basics of US Income Tax Rate Schedule. Tax Deductions Introduction. AMT Overview. Alternative Minimum Tax. Estate Tax Introduction. Estate Tax Basics. Tax brackets and progressive taxation. Calculating federal taxes and take home pay. Calculating state taxes and take home pay. Marriage penalty. Married taxes clarification. Corporations and Limited Liability. Is Limited Liability or Double Taxation Fair. Transfer Pricing and Tax Havens. Basics of US Income Tax Rate Schedule. Tax Deductions Introduction. AMT Overview. Alternative Minimum Tax. Estate Tax Introduction. Estate Tax Basics. Tax brackets and progressive taxation. Calculating federal taxes and take home pay. Calculating state taxes and take home pay. Marriage penalty. Married taxes clarification. Corporations and Limited Liability. Is Limited Liability or Double Taxation Fair. Transfer Pricing and Tax Havens.

Introduction to Balance Sheets. More on balance sheets and equity. Home equity loans. Introduction to Mortgage Loans. Mortgage Interest Rates. Short sale basics. Advanced: Geometric series sum to figure out mortgage payments. Renting vs. Buying a home. Renting vs. buying a home (part 2). Renting vs. Buying (detailed analysis). The housing price conundrum. Housing price conundrum (part 2). Housing Price Conundrum (part 3). Housing Conundrum (part 4). The housing price conundrum. Housing price conundrum (part 2). Housing Price Conundrum (part 3). Housing Conundrum (part 4). Mortgage-Backed Securities I. Mortgage-backed securities II. Mortgage-backed securities III. Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO). Credit Default Swaps. Credit Default Swaps 2. Wealth Destruction 1. Wealth Destruction 2. CNN: Understanding the Crisis. Bailout 1: Liquidity vs. Solvency. Bailout 2: Book Value. Bailout 3: Book value vs. market value. Bailout 4: Mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market. Bailout 5: Paying off the debt. Bailout 6: Getting an equity infusion. Bailout 7: Bank goes into bankruptcy. Bailout 8: Systemic Risk. Bailout 9: Paulson's Plan. Bailout 10: Moral Hazard. Bailout 11: Why these CDOs could be worth nothing. Bailout 12: Lone Star Transaction. Bailout 13: Does the bailout have a chance of working?. Bailout 14: Possible Solution. Bailout 15: More on the solution. Risk and Reward Introduction. Human Capital. Return on capital. Investment vs. Consumption 1. Investment vs. Consumption 2. Wealth Destruction 1. Wealth Destruction 2. Back of Envelope Office Space Conundrum. Introduction to Balance Sheets. More on balance sheets and equity. Home equity loans. Introduction to Mortgage Loans. Mortgage Interest Rates. Short sale basics. Advanced: Geometric series sum to figure out mortgage payments. Renting vs. Buying a home. Renting vs. buying a home (part 2). Renting vs. Buying (detailed analysis). The housing price conundrum. Housing price conundrum (part 2). Housing Price Conundrum (part 3). Housing Conundrum (part 4). The housing price conundrum. Housing price conundrum (part 2). Housing Price Conundrum (part 3). Housing Conundrum (part 4). Mortgage-Backed Securities I. Mortgage-backed securities II. Mortgage-backed securities III. Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO). Credit Default Swaps. Credit Default Swaps 2. Wealth Destruction 1. Wealth Destruction 2. CNN: Understanding the Crisis. Bailout 1: Liquidity vs. Solvency. Bailout 2: Book Value. Bailout 3: Book value vs. market value. Bailout 4: Mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market. Bailout 5: Paying off the debt. Bailout 6: Getting an equity infusion. Bailout 7: Bank goes into bankruptcy. Bailout 8: Systemic Risk. Bailout 9: Paulson's Plan. Bailout 10: Moral Hazard. Bailout 11: Why these CDOs could be worth nothing. Bailout 12: Lone Star Transaction. Bailout 13: Does the bailout have a chance of working?. Bailout 14: Possible Solution. Bailout 15: More on the solution. Risk and Reward Introduction. Human Capital. Return on capital. Investment vs. Consumption 1. Investment vs. Consumption 2. Wealth Destruction 1. Wealth Destruction 2. Back of Envelope Office Space Conundrum.

Introduction to Compound Interest. The Rule of 72 for Compound Interest. Introduction to interest. Interest (part 2). Annual Percentage Rate (APR) and Effective APR. Institutional Roles in Issuing and Processing Credit Cards. Payday Loans. Introduction to compound interest and e. Compound Interest and e (part 2). Compound Interest and e (part 3). Compound Interest and e (part 4). Time Value of Money. Introduction to Present Value. Present Value 2. Present Value 3. Present Value 4 (and discounted cash flow). Personal Bankruptcy: Chapters 7 and 13. Introduction to Compound Interest. The Rule of 72 for Compound Interest. Introduction to interest. Interest (part 2). Annual Percentage Rate (APR) and Effective APR. Institutional Roles in Issuing and Processing Credit Cards. Payday Loans. Introduction to compound interest and e. Compound Interest and e (part 2). Compound Interest and e (part 3). Compound Interest and e (part 4). Time Value of Money. Introduction to Present Value. Present Value 2. Present Value 3. Present Value 4 (and discounted cash flow). Personal Bankruptcy: Chapters 7 and 13.

Balance of payments. Current account. Capital account. Currency reserves and speculative attacks. Balance of Payments- Current Account. Balance of Payments- Capital Account. Why Current and Capital Accounts Net Out. Accumulating Foreign Currency Reserves. Using Reserves to Stabilize Currency. Speculative Attack on a Currency. Financial Crisis in Thailand Caused by Speculative Attack. Math Mechanics of Thai Banking Crisis. Balance of Payments- Current Account. Balance of Payments- Capital Account. Why Current and Capital Accounts Net Out. Accumulating Foreign Currency Reserves. Using Reserves to Stabilize Currency. Speculative Attack on a Currency. Financial Crisis in Thailand Caused by Speculative Attack. Math Mechanics of Thai Banking Crisis.

Inflation Overview. What is Inflation. Inflation Data. CPI Index. Moderate Inflation in a Good Economy. Stagflation. Hyperinflation. Real and Nominal Return. Calculating Real Return in Last Year Dollars. Relation Between Nominal and Real Returns and Inflation. Economics of a Cupcake Factory. Cupcake Economics 2. Cupcake Economics 3. Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization. Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization 2. Inflation & Deflation 3: Obama Stimulus Plan. Deflation. Velocity of Money Rather than Quantity Driving Prices. Deflation Despite Increases in Money Supply. Deflationary Spiral. Inflation Overview. What is Inflation. Inflation Data. CPI Index. Moderate Inflation in a Good Economy. Stagflation. Hyperinflation. Real and Nominal Return. Calculating Real Return in Last Year Dollars. Relation Between Nominal and Real Returns and Inflation. Economics of a Cupcake Factory. Cupcake Economics 2. Cupcake Economics 3. Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization. Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization 2. Inflation & Deflation 3: Obama Stimulus Plan. Deflation. Velocity of Money Rather than Quantity Driving Prices. Deflation Despite Increases in Money Supply. Deflationary Spiral.

Banking 1. Banking 2: A bank's income statement. Banking 3: Fractional Reserve Banking. Banking 4: Multiplier effect and the money supply. Banking 5: Introduction to Bank Notes. Banking 6: Bank Notes and Checks. Banking 7: Giving out loans without giving out gold. Banking 8: Reserve Ratios. Banking 9: More on Reserve Ratios (Bad sound). Banking 10: Introduction to leverage (bad sound). Banking 11: A reserve bank. Banking 12: Treasuries (government debt). Banking 13: Open Market Operations. Banking 14: Fed Funds Rate. Banking 15: More on the Fed Funds Rate. Banking 16: Why target rates vs. money supply. Banking 17: What happened to the gold?. Banking 18: Big Picture Discussion. The Discount Rate. Repurchase Agreements (Repo transactions). Federal Reserve Balance Sheet. Fractional Reserve Banking Commentary 1. FRB Commentary 2: Deposit Insurance. FRB Commentary 3: Big Picture. LIBOR. Fed Open Market Operations. Quantitative Easing. More on Quantitative Easing (and Credit Easing). Open market operations and Quantitative Easing Overview. Another Quantitative Easing Video. US and Japanese Quantitative Easing. Bailout 1: Liquidity vs. Solvency. Bailout 2: Book Value. Bailout 3: Book value vs. market value. Bailout 4: Mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market. Bailout 5: Paying off the debt. Bailout 6: Getting an equity infusion. Bailout 7: Bank goes into bankruptcy. Bailout 8: Systemic Risk. Bailout 9: Paulson's Plan. Bailout 10: Moral Hazard. Bailout 11: Why these CDOs could be worth nothing. Bailout 12: Lone Star Transaction. Bailout 13: Does the bailout have a chance of working?. Bailout 14: Possible Solution. Bailout 15: More on the solution. CNN: Understanding the Crisis. Geithner Plan I. Geithner Plan II. Geithner Plan 2.5. Geithner Plan III. Geithner Plan IV. Geithner 5: A better solution. Currency Exchange Introduction. Currency Effect on Trade. Currency Effect on Trade Review. Pegging the Yuan. Chinese Central Bank Buying Treasuries. American-Chinese Debt Loop. Debt Loops Rationale and Effects. China keeps peg but diversifies holdings. Carry Trade Basics. Floating Exchange Resolving Trade Imbalance. China Pegs to Dollar to Keep Trade Imbalance. China buys US Bonds. Review of China US currency situation. Data on Chinese M1 Increase in 2010. Data on Chinese Foreign Assets Increase in 2010. Data on Chinese US Balance of Payments. Chinese inflation. Floating Exchange Effect on China. Floating Exchange Effect on US. Greek Debt Recession and Austerity (part 1). Greek Financial Crisis (part 2). How and why Greece would leave the Euro (part 3). Why Europe is worried about Greece. Bitcoin: What is it?. Bitcoin: Overview. Bitcoin: Cryptographic hash functions. Bitcoin: Digital signatures. Bitcoin: Transaction records. Bitcoin: Proof of work. Bitcoin: Transaction block chains. Bitcoin: The money supply. Bitcoin - The security of transaction block chains. Banking 1. Banking 2: A bank's income statement. Banking 3: Fractional Reserve Banking. Banking 4: Multiplier effect and the money supply. Banking 5: Introduction to Bank Notes. Banking 6: Bank Notes and Checks. Banking 7: Giving out loans without giving out gold. Banking 8: Reserve Ratios. Banking 9: More on Reserve Ratios (Bad sound). Banking 10: Introduction to leverage (bad sound). Banking 11: A reserve bank. Banking 12: Treasuries (government debt). Banking 13: Open Market Operations. Banking 14: Fed Funds Rate. Banking 15: More on the Fed Funds Rate. Banking 16: Why target rates vs. money supply. Banking 17: What happened to the gold?. Banking 18: Big Picture Discussion. The Discount Rate. Repurchase Agreements (Repo transactions). Federal Reserve Balance Sheet. Fractional Reserve Banking Commentary 1. FRB Commentary 2: Deposit Insurance. FRB Commentary 3: Big Picture. LIBOR. Fed Open Market Operations. Quantitative Easing. More on Quantitative Easing (and Credit Easing). Open market operations and Quantitative Easing Overview. Another Quantitative Easing Video. US and Japanese Quantitative Easing. Bailout 1: Liquidity vs. Solvency. Bailout 2: Book Value. Bailout 3: Book value vs. market value. Bailout 4: Mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market. Bailout 5: Paying off the debt. Bailout 6: Getting an equity infusion. Bailout 7: Bank goes into bankruptcy. Bailout 8: Systemic Risk. Bailout 9: Paulson's Plan. Bailout 10: Moral Hazard. Bailout 11: Why these CDOs could be worth nothing. Bailout 12: Lone Star Transaction. Bailout 13: Does the bailout have a chance of working?. Bailout 14: Possible Solution. Bailout 15: More on the solution. CNN: Understanding the Crisis. Geithner Plan I. Geithner Plan II. Geithner Plan 2.5. Geithner Plan III. Geithner Plan IV. Geithner 5: A better solution. Currency Exchange Introduction. Currency Effect on Trade. Currency Effect on Trade Review. Pegging the Yuan. Chinese Central Bank Buying Treasuries. American-Chinese Debt Loop. Debt Loops Rationale and Effects. China keeps peg but diversifies holdings. Carry Trade Basics. Floating Exchange Resolving Trade Imbalance. China Pegs to Dollar to Keep Trade Imbalance. China buys US Bonds. Review of China US currency situation. Data on Chinese M1 Increase in 2010. Data on Chinese Foreign Assets Increase in 2010. Data on Chinese US Balance of Payments. Chinese inflation. Floating Exchange Effect on China. Floating Exchange Effect on US. Greek Debt Recession and Austerity (part 1). Greek Financial Crisis (part 2). How and why Greece would leave the Euro (part 3). Why Europe is worried about Greece. Bitcoin: What is it?. Bitcoin: Overview. Bitcoin: Cryptographic hash functions. Bitcoin: Digital signatures. Bitcoin: Transaction records. Bitcoin: Proof of work. Bitcoin: Transaction block chains. Bitcoin: The money supply. Bitcoin - The security of transaction block chains.

Circular flow of income and expenditure. Gross domestic product. Introduction to Economics. Circular Flow of Income and Expenditures. Parsing Gross Domestic Product. More on Final and Intermediate GDP Contributions. Investment and Consumption. Income and Expenditure Views of GDP. Components of GDP. Examples of Accounting for GDP. Real GDP and Nominal GDP. GDP Deflator. Example Calculating Real GDP with a Deflator. Introduction to Economics. Circular Flow of Income and Expenditures. Parsing Gross Domestic Product. More on Final and Intermediate GDP Contributions. Investment and Consumption. Income and Expenditure Views of GDP. Components of GDP. Examples of Accounting for GDP. Real GDP and Nominal GDP. GDP Deflator. Example Calculating Real GDP with a Deflator.

Price elasticity of demand and supply. How sensitive are things to change in price. Price Elasticity of Demand. More on Elasticity of Demand. Perfect Inelasticity and Perfect Elasticity of Demand. Constant Unit Elasticity. Total Revenue and Elasticity. More on Total Revenue and Elasticity. Cross Elasticity of Demand. Elasticity of Supply. Elasticity and Strange Percent Changes. Price Elasticity of Demand. More on Elasticity of Demand. Perfect Inelasticity and Perfect Elasticity of Demand. Constant Unit Elasticity. Total Revenue and Elasticity. More on Total Revenue and Elasticity. Cross Elasticity of Demand. Elasticity of Supply. Elasticity and Strange Percent Changes.

Open-Ended Mutual Fund (Part 1). Open-End Mutual Fund Redemptions. Closed-End Mutual Funds. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Open-Ended Mutual Funds. Ponzi Schemes. Traditional IRAs. Roth IRAs. 401(k)s. Term and Whole Life. Term and Whole Life Insurance Policies. Term and Whole Life Insurance Policies 2. Term Life Insurance and Death Probability. Hedge Funds Intro. Hedge Fund Structure and Fees. Are Hedge Funds Bad?. Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, and Private Equity. Hedge Fund Strategies - Long Short 1. Hedge Fund Strategies - Long Short 2. Hedge Fund Strategies - Merger Arbitrage 1. Open-Ended Mutual Fund (Part 1). Open-End Mutual Fund Redemptions. Closed-End Mutual Funds. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Open-Ended Mutual Funds. Ponzi Schemes. Traditional IRAs. Roth IRAs. 401(k)s. Term and Whole Life. Term and Whole Life Insurance Policies. Term and Whole Life Insurance Policies 2. Term Life Insurance and Death Probability. Hedge Funds Intro. Hedge Fund Structure and Fees. Are Hedge Funds Bad?. Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, and Private Equity. Hedge Fund Strategies - Long Short 1. Hedge Fund Strategies - Long Short 2. Hedge Fund Strategies - Merger Arbitrage 1.

Consumption function. Marginal propensity to consume and multiplier. Keynesian Cross and IS-LM model. MPC and Multiplier. Mathy Version of MPC and Multiplier (optional). Consumption Function Basics. Generalized Linear Consumption Function. Consumption Function with Income Dependent Taxes. Keynesian Cross. Details on Shifting Aggregate Planned Expenditures. Keynesian Cross and the Multiplier. Investment and Real Interest Rates. Connecting the Keynesian Cross to the IS-Curve. Loanable Funds Interpretation of IS Curve. LM part of the IS-LM model. Government Spending and the IS-LM model. MPC and Multiplier. Mathy Version of MPC and Multiplier (optional). Consumption Function Basics. Generalized Linear Consumption Function. Consumption Function with Income Dependent Taxes. Keynesian Cross. Details on Shifting Aggregate Planned Expenditures. Keynesian Cross and the Multiplier. Investment and Real Interest Rates. Connecting the Keynesian Cross to the IS-Curve. Loanable Funds Interpretation of IS Curve. LM part of the IS-LM model. Government Spending and the IS-LM model.

Inflation and deflation. CPI-U. Real and nominal return. Phillips Curve. Introduction to Inflation. Actual CPI-U Basket of Goods. Inflation Data. Real and Nominal Return. Calculating Real Return in Last Year Dollars. Relation Between Nominal and Real Returns and Inflation. Deflation. Velocity of Money Rather than Quantity Driving Prices. Deflation Despite Increases in Money Supply. Moderate Inflation in a Good Economy. Stagflation. Deflationary Spiral. Hyperinflation. Unemployment Rate Primer. Phillips Curve. Introduction to Inflation. Actual CPI-U Basket of Goods. Inflation Data. Real and Nominal Return. Calculating Real Return in Last Year Dollars. Relation Between Nominal and Real Returns and Inflation. Deflation. Velocity of Money Rather than Quantity Driving Prices. Deflation Despite Increases in Money Supply. Moderate Inflation in a Good Economy. Stagflation. Deflationary Spiral. Hyperinflation. Unemployment Rate Primer. Phillips Curve.

Fractional reserve banking and the money supply. Overview of Fractional Reserve Banking. Weaknesses of Fractional Reserve Lending. Full Reserve Banking. Money Supply- M0 M1 and M2. Simple Fractional Reserve Accounting part 1. Simple Fractional Reserve Accounting (part 2). Interest as Rent for Money. Money Supply and Demand Impacting Interest Rates. Overview of Fractional Reserve Banking. Weaknesses of Fractional Reserve Lending. Full Reserve Banking. Money Supply- M0 M1 and M2. Simple Fractional Reserve Accounting part 1. Simple Fractional Reserve Accounting (part 2). Interest as Rent for Money. Money Supply and Demand Impacting Interest Rates.

Aggregate demand and aggregate supply. Keynesian thinking. Demand-pull and cost-push inflation. Fiscal and monetary policy. Aggregate Demand. Shifts in Aggregate Demand. Long-Run Aggregate Supply. Short Run Aggregate Supply. Demand-Pull Inflation under Johnson. Real GDP driving Price. Cost Push Inflation. The Business Cycle. Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Tax Lever of Fiscal Policy. Keynesian Economics. Risks of Keynesian Thinking. Aggregate Demand. Shifts in Aggregate Demand. Long-Run Aggregate Supply. Short Run Aggregate Supply. Demand-Pull Inflation under Johnson. Real GDP driving Price. Cost Push Inflation. The Business Cycle. Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Tax Lever of Fiscal Policy. Keynesian Economics. Risks of Keynesian Thinking.

The core ideas in microeconomics. Supply, demand and equilibrium. Introduction to Economics. Law of Demand. Change in Expected Future Prices and Demand. Price of Related Products and Demand. Changes in Income, Population, or Preferences. Normal and Inferior Goods. Inferior Goods Clarification. Law of Supply. Factors Affecting Supply. Long Term Supply Curve. Market Equilibrium. Changes in Market Equilibrium. Breakdown of Gas Prices. Short-Run Oil Prices. Introduction to Economics. Law of Demand. Change in Expected Future Prices and Demand. Price of Related Products and Demand. Changes in Income, Population, or Preferences. Normal and Inferior Goods. Inferior Goods Clarification. Law of Supply. Factors Affecting Supply. Long Term Supply Curve. Market Equilibrium. Changes in Market Equilibrium. Breakdown of Gas Prices. Short-Run Oil Prices.

Building an effective online presence is critical for growing your business as it gives your company access to thousands or millions of local, national or international customers who are searching, interacting, sharing and shopping online. In this course you will learn why you must get your business up and running on the Web using e-commerce sites, review sites and social networks. You will also learn that having a Website which is easy to navigate, is informative, and has a good domain name, the right design template and memorable Web copy will help your business stand out from the competition. The course discusses why it is important to have a presence on the mobile Web and how to attract your target audience using tools like Google AdWords. This course will be of great interest to all business owners who are thinking of setting up a Website for their business but are uncertain of how to go about doing it. It will also be beneficial to any company or organisation that wants their existing Website to be more effective at attracting potential customers.<br />

Operations management is important to any organization, whether they are manufacturing companies producing physical products or organizations offering services. ALISON's free diploma in operations management online course reviews a wide variety of topics from the development of operations management, to the role of the operations manager, the transformation model, planning and scheduling methodologies and practices, and inventory and quality management. <br /><br />The Diploma in Operations Management will give you a thorough understanding and knowledge of operations management and its organizational and managerial applications. <br /><br />The course is ideal for anyone who would like to contribute to the development of an organization in the area of operations management.<br />

This course will introduce you to basic management theory: planning, organizing, leading and control.

A practical application of the retail Forex market. A lock, stock and barrel approach to successful Forex trading

In the free online course, John Doerr talks about how to succeed as a venture capitalist. John is a legend in venture investing having played a key role in the emergence and development of some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies. He is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers, joining them in 1980, and has sponsored a series of investments including Compaq, Cypress, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Lotus, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, S3, Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com, and Symantec. In this course he talks about what distinguishes successful companies from others. He views entrepreneurs as missionaries and gives valuable advice on assembling a great team of people. He discusses important new disruptive technologies and the impact of social entrepreneurship. He gives valuable career advice and predicts what the future of technology and venture capital will look like. You will learn what it takes to become a great venture capitalist and also how to treat negotiations when pursuing initial venture capital funding. This course will be of great interest to entrepreneurs and business professionals who would like to find out how venture capitalists work and what it takes to persuade them to financially back your company or business idea.<br />

Marissa Mayer has led product management efforts at Google as Google's Vice President of Search Products &amp; User Experience products. Her responsibilities cover such products as Google Search, Gmail, Google Chrome and Google Labs. She believes that ideas for new products can come from every employee and department within an organisation, and also from end users of the product or service. In this free online course, Marissa explains how Google’s open culture and flat management of the organisation encourages creativity and brilliant ideas. She explains how Google sets asides 20 per cent of each employee’s time for creative projects and how this has proved to be a massive success. You will learn that Google do not make their product decisions on company politics but on data and facts. She explains how their focus on users and the software tools that keep users returning to Google has been at the centre of their success. This course will be of great interest to business and IT professionals who want to learn more about Google's success and business practices that created this success.<br />