Introduction and Overview

The Investment Outlook puts today's stock market in perspective. You will examine historical data on corporate earnings, the leading stock-market averages, and the price/earnings ratio in order to understand today's developments. Then you will learn how to retrieve public and private-sector reports from the web to build your own analysis of the most recent data. This historical grounding will assist your ability to rationally evaluate your stock market investments and improve your confidence in your judgment.

This course contains a cautionary tale about the excesses of the late 1990s and the bubble that burst in 2000. It does not purport to give investment advice. Always secure competent professional counsel before putting your capital at risk.

Course Outline

The Investment Outlook consists of six modules. Each module analyzes a key facet of the investment outlook, such as corporate earnings, by presenting the relevant economic indicators and establishing a coherent relationship among them. After completing each module you will know how to employ all the key indicators for a comprehensive understanding of the topic.

Each Module Includes:

	Video clip from NBR followed by Prof. Lehmann's comments.
	Directions that show you how to obtain the latest business and economic data from the Web.
	Interactive charts (graphs) that place today's data in historical context together with a discussion that explains the context.
	Reflective questions. Each module offers a short quiz for you to review what you've learned.

In addition: Modules 1 & 2 include Flash analogies to assist your understanding.

	Link to Flash presentations for more in-depth discussion, examples, and explanations of material.
	Link to more detailed information.

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