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Welcome Miami Northwestern Bulls!. Florida International University State Farm Financial Literacy Lab. Objectives:. Basic financial concepts Research Learn financial concepts How to use financial tools How to valuate a company What is credit. Tools. Research What are we using?
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Welcome Miami Northwestern Bulls! Florida International University State Farm Financial Literacy Lab
Objectives: • Basic financial concepts • Research • Learn financial concepts • How to use financial tools • How to valuate a company • What is credit
Tools • Research • What are we using? • Morningstar • The Wall Street Journal • Bloomberg.com • Yahoo finance
Economics • What is economics? • The study of choices • 1. What? • 2. How? • 3. For whom? • Types of systems • Cavemen? • Government system • Market system • Mixed
The Players Government
Economics • Consumers Luxuries vs. Necessities
Economics • Macroeconomics • GDP • Imports and Exports • Policies • Risks • Other countries
Economics • Microeconomics • Markets? • Households • Firms • Supply and Demand • What effects supply and demand?
Policies • Monetary Policy • What is monetary policy? • Who controls monetary policy? • What does monetary policy effect? • Fiscal Policy • What is it? • When are we going to hear about it?
Interest Rates • What is an interest rates? • When do we see them?
Inflation Rate • What does this even mean? • When do we see inflation? • Good or bad?