Monday
10/25
- Business Organizations Tests (on Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, & Franchises, Corporations & Co-ops, & Non-Profits)
- Read Ch. 10-1 (pp. 249-255)
Homework:
Tuesday
10/26
- Characteristics of Money, evolution from Barter, 3 Functions of Money,
- commodity money, representative money, fiat money, specie
- I discussed: Ch.
10-2 (pp. 259-263)
brief history of banking, - Read Ch. 10 #3 (pp. 264-268)
Homework:
Wednesday
10/27
- (Block) No Class
Homework:
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Thursday
10/28
- (Block)
- Default, Mortgage, Principal & Interest
- Debit Card v. Credit Card (and ATMs)
-
Discuss:
M1, (Transaction $$),
Liquidity, Financial Institutions & their functions (Store, Save, &
Loan $$$), Fractional Reserve Banking,
- watch Federal Reserve Video (29 min)
(did not discuss yet)
Deposit Multiplier (Banks creating Money)- ------------------------------------
- watch Federal Reserve Video (29 min)
Homework:
- Study for Quiz on Money
Friday
10/29
- Quiz on Money
- How Banks can increase the Money Supply
- What does a Trillion $$ look like?
- U.S. Debt Clock
- Read Ch. 16 #1 (pp.419-423)
- Main Functions of the Federal Reserve:
- 3 Main Tools of
Monetary
Policy:
Reserve Requirement,
Discount
Rate,
Open
Market Operations, &
Fed
Funds Rate, Prime
Rate
(Vis. 4.4 How the Fed Controls the Money Supply) - Read Ch. 16 #3 (pp.429-434)
- pass out Worksheet (p.156) to illustrate how Banks can create Money
Homework:
- Complete
Worksheet (p.156)
(How Banks can create Money)
Monday
11/1
- Discuss Worksheet (p.156)
-
Finish
3 Main Tools of
Monetary
Policy:
Reserve Requirement,
Discount
Rate,
Open
Market Operations, &
Fed
Funds Rate, Prime
Rate
(Vis. 4.4 - How the Fed Controls the Money Supply)Read Ch. 16 #4 (pp.435-439)
Homework:
- Study for Test on Money, Banking, & the Federal Reserve
Tuesday
11/2
-
Monetary Policy:
Easy & Tight Money Policy impact
(Vis. 4.5 Expansionary Policy) &
( Vis. 4.6 Contractionary Policy)
Discuss Ch.
16 #4 (pp.435-439)
Inside Lag, Outside lag,
Business Cycle & its phases, Why Gov't. has economic policy and the
business cycle, Easy Money, Tight Money
- What are the circumstances during the different phases of the Business Cycle?
Homework:
Wednesday
11/3
- (Block) No Class
Homework:
Thursday
11/4
- (Block)
- CPI (activities)
- Worksheet 3-13 (to practice calculating CPI)
- pass out
Inflation Activity 2-3 (Who benefits/suffers?)
---- Discuss
- Debt vs. Deficit
Homework:
Friday
11/5
- No School
Homework:
Monday
11/8
Homework:
- Study for Test on Money, Banking, & the Federal Reserve
Tuesday
11/9
- Test on Money, Banking, & the Federal Reserve
Homework:
- Read Ch. 11 #3 (pp.291-294) Stock Market
Wednesday
11/10
- (Block) No Class
Homework:
Thursday
11/11
- (Block)
- Read Ch.
11 #1 (pp.
277-283) &
Ch. 11 #2 (pp. 284-290) & Take Book Notes
Homework:
Friday
11/12
- Discuss: Financial System, financial intermediaries, mutual funds, hedge funds,
- -----------------------
- 3 Things to Consider when investing: Safety, Rate of Return, & Liquidity Diversification & sharing of risk
- Diversification & sharing of risk, portfolio, prospectus ---------------
Homework:
Monday
11/15
- Savings Bonds, T-Bills-Notes-Bonds, Municipals, Junk, CDs, Money Markets
- Corporate Bonds: 3 components, Coupon Rate, Maturity, Par Value, can sell in open market, Bond Ratings
- Financial Asset Markets:
Capital Markets & Money Markets
Homework:
- Read Ch. 11-3 (pp. 291- top of 295)
Tuesday
11/16
- Stocks
- Began talking about stocks
- Dividends, Growth Stock, Capital Gains
- Stock Charts, Mutual Funds, Diversification, Focus etc.
- ---------------------------------------
- Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Stock Splits, Reverse Splits, Risk, Brokers, Diversification
- Why Split, Reverse Split?
Homework:
Wednesday
11/17
- Begin Wall Street
Homework:
Thursday
11/18
- (Block) finish Wall Street
Homework:
Friday
11/19
- (Block) No Class
Homework: