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It is a very good general course in finance. It spans a very broad area of finance and while it is addressed to undergraduates or beginners in the field, it does contain some elements just like the capm for example that in order to understand them you should have a previous idea. In order to fully understand it and take the most of it you should study some concepts on your own. In my case, which I work in banks credit departments for 14 years, have an MSC in Finance and wanted to take the course for refreshening my knowledge, it was fun. Moreover the professor is reknowned and most importantly it did broadened my view in finance concerning its social aspect and the way it can be used as a tool for improving peoples lives.

Although it was an in depth course it is very conservative with the teaching methods, it was hard to follow, sometimes the slides had very different texts that was talked about. I know from myself that I dislike this style of teaching, so it is a bit hard to give an objective rating. I found great that you had students there to make a sort of interactive feel to the lecture, however the audio got bad quality at those parts. The material itself was pretty wide, it was very heavily focused on US which was a bit of a shame, I was looking for a more general understanding, but I think the examples were quite helpful.

Excellent course if you already have a strong scholastic or professional understanding of both economics and statistical analysis. This course is not suitable for individuals who are looking for a general understanding of the way that financial markets work that doesn't stray very far into the weeds of statistical analysis and math. Unfortunately, the graduate assistant, who is suppose to guide those of us that are less math-oriuented, through those weeds only serves to complicate matters more by offer explanations that is overly reliant on statisical terms that are just as indeciperable.

Professor Shiller is no doubt brilliant, but the style of presentation leaves a lot to be desired. This is not helped by the fact that so many videos end abruptly, usually halfway through a sentence. I also found that the actually interesting information on financial markets was tucked away in the last few modules - the rest of the course is more focused on economics theory and statistics - something that could be made clearer on the course information page.

The course intends to talk about a lot of topics in an insufficient time without enough explanations and examples. It is really hard to catch up for someone without a finance background. It does not make any sense to squeeze financial markets as a whole into a few hours if it's not possible. Maybe you should re-consider if this course can be taken by everyone regardless of having basic finance knowledge.

Robert Shiller is an excellent professor with a wealth of knowledge and experience. The concept specifications by Teaching Assistant Arun were helpful. The idea of showing other students' questions to Professor Shiller, was excellent. The course has advanced information which is sometimes too high-level for beginners to understand. Mathematical formulas are not explained much in detail.

The topics are explained well enough and seem broad, but I felt there was no structure, context, or continuity in the course. It seems like a series of one-off videos that were strung together, rather than a deliberately planned university course. I didn't continue past the first module but would revisit a future version of the course if they made improvements.

I am enjoying the course. It has lots of deep details, information, previews and questions. The reason I am joining it is to expand the understanding of the recent marketing. I would really recommend to have more activities interns of calculations and questions based math.

It is great to enrolled in such course!

Lots of insights, lots of information on fundamentals of financial markets and their history. Not so useful for a beginner in finances who needs more practical information. Also the sequences of lectures do not build up on each other, so it is difficult to have a gross idea of what was progressively learnt.

I greatly appreciate having this course avaible for free,. though I suggest to improve it in two ways: a) the chapter's scructure doesn't seem to fit an specific objective... several contents seem mixed up without logic, b) needs improved dynamics. Faster pace ! I lost interest early on the process

i expected something more specific and detailed about some topic taking some explanation for granted . Plus , not only there are a lack of video or graphs considering but the most part of the course covers the Financial History of America ,but overall , remains a good way to improve own abilities

I think it gives a broad classic view of financial markets. However, I would like to have a course with more assignments, less multiple choices tests and more interactive parts.

Also, the focus must be brought on innovation and on more on the future. I felt a bit that topics were outdated.

The course really needs to be updated, I didn't realise it was recorded around 2016 and so does not give an accurate view of the many things that have happened since, not least the global pandemic, recent wars and rising inflation and interest rates.

The course was fine but as someone that doesn't live in the USA, I have a few issues.

The main problem I see with this course is the little practicality that it gives unless you have a way to get a job in the USA in the financial sector already.

Great class if you are interested on regulation and psychoanalysis of the market. Professor goes into depth to explain the lecture and in awesome pace. I was looking for more how to analyze stocks in this class tho. Thats why I am rating 3 stars.

Interesantísimo curso y muy bien planteado, quizás a veces muy extendido en cosas poco utilizadas en Finanzas y muy breve en cuestiones fundamentales. Schiller es muy bueno, me hubieran gustado más recomendaciones de lecturas de su parte.

the topics of this course are brilliant, I enjoyed learning on those. However, multiple areas such as defining some key terms, the essay, the discussion forum, and having more examples need to happen to achieve a better rating.

Love Shiller and his perspective, but many of the lectures are not geared to online learning since the math pieces are not explained in much detail. Also the Salon segments are sometime not entirely relevant to the chapter.

Very Long, and fundamentally focuses on the USA share market. But as the course is all about financial market it may be focus on other countries as well. Thank You. Otherwise the courses materials and learning are useful.