Lecture 1 Course Overview and Introduction to Finance
By David X. Du

Critical Concepts:
What is finance?
The fundamental challenges of finance
Time and Risk
Cashflows today and the future

References: (+ slides used):

Andrew Lo. 15.401 Finance Theory I. Fall 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BYNCSA.

Link: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloansch...

Slides by Professor Andrew W. Lo of Finance, MIT Sloan