This page contains supplemental teaching resources for introductory finance and economics courses. Below, you will find interactive web applications designed to demonstrate core concepts, as well as a comprehensive library of step-by-step Excel tutorials covering time value of money, bond valuation, annuities, and capital budgeting.
Interactive Teaching Tools
Web-based applications and simulators to help students visualize core financial concepts.
Ea-Nasir: The Copper Merchant
Ea-Nasir: The Copper Merchant is an interactive trading game designed as a teaching tool to explore risk and reward tradeoffs, business ethics, and the economic impact of institutions.
Mr. Bennet's Decision
Mr. Bennet's Decision is an interactive simulation that uses the famous predicament from Pride and Prejudice to teach the Time Value of Money (TVM). Students must adjust savings, time horizons, and interest rates to build a fund capable of supporting his six dependents, providing a hands-on application of Future Value (FV), annuities, and perpetuities.
Excel Tutorials (Introductory Finance)
Step-by-step Excel tutorials designed for introductory finance courses.
Time Value of Money
Bonds
Annuities
Capital Budgeting