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Confusion that never stops
The closing walls and the ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop, that you now know
--Coldplay
MV3 Syllabus (Updated 01/22/2007 02:12 PM)
Once you've completed the first questionnaire and received your login info, its game on. Here's what I'd like you to do during the upcoming weeks.
First week:
- Login at this page: www.minyanville.com/register/corp
- Go to the Minyanville homepage and view the animated intro to Minyanville (takes 2-3 minutes).
- Check out the content on the University of Minyanville (UMV) page (including Dean's Desk message).
- Complete the first lesson: UMV 100 Introduction to Minyanville.
- Browse thru a few recent posts on the Buzz Lite if you have time/interest in week one.
Remaining weeks:
Veterans to financial markets might head straight to Minyanville’s prime reality-based content streams. News and Views are daily columns providing feature-length market insight from Minyanville’s professorship. Minyanville's premium Buzz and Banter application permits readers to peer into the minds of financial market experts as they share their thought processes in a streaming real-time format (subscribers pay for the Buzz, while other content is open access).
Chances are, however, that most newcomers will have difficulty making sense of the 'full strength' Minyanville content, in part because of the unique jargon. Instead, I suggest that most of you focus your project time in the following areas:
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UMV 100 series of lessons. These lessons are built around the core 'body of knowledge' expressed on Minyanville. Completing these lessons will help you build a durable foundation of market knowledge and financial decision-making skill. Each lesson is designed to take 20-30 minutes to complete. There's a short quiz at the end of each lesson to help you assess what you've picked up. Strive to complete at least one lesson each week. Also, try to do the lessons in order, since there is some 'sequence' baked into them. Note that there is a place on the time sheet to record the lessons you've done. Record which ones you've completed in which week.
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Buzz Lite. This is a toned down version of the Buzz and Banter that focuses on the needs of the new learner. The posts on the Buzz Lite opportunistically draw from daily Minyanville content to help students learn about markets in real time using current events as a backdrop. During you weekly time spent on the project, try to read the Buzz Lite posts for that week, and click thru the links provided. Note also that I've been posting to the Buzz Lite since early January. If you have time, please go back and read those earlier posts. They should help you gain market knowledge and awareness even faster.
Remember to record you weekly time spent on this project on the time sheet. As noted before, it's extremely important to our analysis that you record your time accurately. In particular, please don't over-report your time. If you can't put in the hour per week, no big deal. You'll still get the extra credit. Am just asking for a 'good faith effort' on your part.
During the last week of the term, we'll reel you back in and measure what you've learned.
Thanks again for participating and have fun. Please ping me with questions, concerns, etc.
