How to Make Financial Decisions

Individuals and businesses make financial decisions all the time - whether to go to university, buy a house, build a factory, or train one’s workforce. All these decisions involve spending certain money now for uncertain benefits in the future.
This lecture will provide a simple framework for deciding whether or not to take an investment. It will also highlight the mistakes that people frequently make when taking financial decisions, and simple ways to avoid them.
A lecture by Alex Edmans
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-an...
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[@twenties3154]

So much new things to learn here. Great Sir. Thank you very much and many many respects for Gresham College.

[@akivaprivate595]

Great lecture, but a small remark. Most CONSOL bonds have a clause that allows the Issuer to end the bond period.

[@roniquebreauxjordan1302]

What you watch with him before the mortgage docs. are signed

[@waterfoker8558]

3rd of 4th lecture

[@Kannot2023]

If you have investment options, money now are more valuable than han on the future. Also money in the future are affected by the risk, the car Factory can go bankrupt.

[@elrjames7799]

Financial decisions, assuming one has the financial wherewithal to implement them: double nothing is still nothing.