1st Principles

Subject

Finance

Time, risk, and the valuation of cash flows and securities.

101 sub-topics · use search below on large subjects

Topics

Foundations

Orientation and shared vocabulary for this subject.

Application

Constraints in real jobs in Finance

Constraints in real jobs as it applies to Finance.

Cost and benefit in Finance

Cost and benefit as it applies to Finance.

Failure modes in Finance

Failure modes as it applies to Finance.

Implementation steps in Finance

Implementation steps as it applies to Finance.

Maintenance over time in Finance

Maintenance over time as it applies to Finance.

Problem framing in Finance

Problem framing as it applies to Finance.

Risk in Finance

Risk as it applies to Finance.

Scaling up in Finance

Scaling up as it applies to Finance.

Stakeholders in Finance

Stakeholders as it applies to Finance.

Trade-offs in Finance

Trade-offs as it applies to Finance.

Communication

Cross-disciplinary talk in Finance

Cross-disciplinary talk as it applies to Finance.

Explaining to beginners in Finance

Explaining to beginners as it applies to Finance.

Media coverage in Finance

Media coverage as it applies to Finance.

Open questions in Finance

Open questions as it applies to Finance.

Policy briefs in Finance

Policy briefs as it applies to Finance.

Presentations in Finance

Presentations as it applies to Finance.

Public controversy in Finance

Public controversy as it applies to Finance.

Teaching others in Finance

Teaching others as it applies to Finance.

Visuals that teach in Finance

Visuals that teach as it applies to Finance.

Writing clear summaries in Finance

Writing clear summaries as it applies to Finance.

Comparison

Analogies from other fields in Finance

Analogies from other fields as it applies to Finance.

Common confusions in Finance

Common confusions as it applies to Finance.

Competing models in Finance

Competing models as it applies to Finance.

Consensus areas in Finance

Consensus areas as it applies to Finance.

Debates that matter in Finance

Debates that matter as it applies to Finance.

Historical shifts in Finance

Historical shifts as it applies to Finance.

Interdisciplinary links in Finance

Interdisciplinary links as it applies to Finance.

Regional differences in Finance

Regional differences as it applies to Finance.

Schools of thought in Finance

Schools of thought as it applies to Finance.

Translation of terms in Finance

Translation of terms as it applies to Finance.

Context

Climate and environment in Finance

Climate and environment as it applies to Finance.

Demographics in Finance

Demographics as it applies to Finance.

Equity and access in Finance

Equity and access as it applies to Finance.

Funding in Finance

Funding as it applies to Finance.

Future scenarios in Finance

Future scenarios as it applies to Finance.

Global trends in Finance

Global trends as it applies to Finance.

Institutions in Finance

Institutions as it applies to Finance.

Regulation in Finance

Regulation as it applies to Finance.

Social impact in Finance

Social impact as it applies to Finance.

Technology change in Finance

Technology change as it applies to Finance.

Core ideas

Abstraction levels in Finance

Abstraction levels as it applies to Finance.

Cause and correlation in Finance

Cause and correlation as it applies to Finance.

Central definitions in Finance

Central definitions as it applies to Finance.

Equilibrium and change in Finance

Equilibrium and change as it applies to Finance.

Feedback loops in Finance

Feedback loops as it applies to Finance.

Laws, rules, or patterns in Finance

Laws, rules, or patterns as it applies to Finance.

Models and diagrams in Finance

Models and diagrams as it applies to Finance.

Scale: micro to macro in Finance

Scale: micro to macro as it applies to Finance.

Systems and parts in Finance

Systems and parts as it applies to Finance.

Units and measurement in Finance

Units and measurement as it applies to Finance.

Deep dives

Advanced preview in Finance

Advanced preview as it applies to Finance.

Capstone directions in Finance

Capstone directions as it applies to Finance.

Classic papers or texts in Finance

Classic papers or texts as it applies to Finance.

Edge cases in Finance

Edge cases as it applies to Finance.

Landmark discoveries in Finance

Landmark discoveries as it applies to Finance.

Minority reports in Finance

Minority reports as it applies to Finance.

Open research fronts in Finance

Open research fronts as it applies to Finance.

Paradigm shifts in Finance

Paradigm shifts as it applies to Finance.

Synthesis projects in Finance

Synthesis projects as it applies to Finance.

Where to go next in Finance

Where to go next as it applies to Finance.

Evidence

Anomalies in Finance

Anomalies as it applies to Finance.

Bias and blind spots in Finance

Bias and blind spots as it applies to Finance.

Case studies in Finance

Case studies as it applies to Finance.

Conflicting studies in Finance

Conflicting studies as it applies to Finance.

Data tables and charts in Finance

Data tables and charts as it applies to Finance.

Primary sources in Finance

Primary sources as it applies to Finance.

Secondary summaries in Finance

Secondary summaries as it applies to Finance.

Strong versus weak claims in Finance

Strong versus weak claims as it applies to Finance.

Triangulation in Finance

Triangulation as it applies to Finance.

Uncertainty language in Finance

Uncertainty language as it applies to Finance.

Methods

Documentation in Finance

Documentation as it applies to Finance.

Estimation and error in Finance

Estimation and error as it applies to Finance.

Ethics in method in Finance

Ethics in method as it applies to Finance.

Experiments and controls in Finance

Experiments and controls as it applies to Finance.

Observation protocols in Finance

Observation protocols as it applies to Finance.

Peer review in Finance

Peer review as it applies to Finance.

Replication in Finance

Replication as it applies to Finance.

Reproducible workflows in Finance

Reproducible workflows as it applies to Finance.

Simulation and models in Finance

Simulation and models as it applies to Finance.

Surveys and samples in Finance

Surveys and samples as it applies to Finance.

Orientation

Careers and roles in Finance

Careers and roles as it applies to Finance.

Everyday examples in Finance

Everyday examples as it applies to Finance.

History in one glance in Finance

History in one glance as it applies to Finance.

How claims get checked in Finance

How claims get checked as it applies to Finance.

Jargon worth learning first in Finance

Jargon worth learning first as it applies to Finance.

Objects you study in Finance

Objects you study as it applies to Finance.

Reading habits that stick in Finance

Reading habits that stick as it applies to Finance.

Tools practitioners use in Finance

Tools practitioners use as it applies to Finance.

What questions the field asks in Finance

What questions the field asks as it applies to Finance.

What the field is not in Finance

What the field is not as it applies to Finance.

Skills

Checklists in Finance

Checklists as it applies to Finance.

Collaboration norms in Finance

Collaboration norms as it applies to Finance.

Debugging mistakes in Finance

Debugging mistakes as it applies to Finance.

Hands-on practice in Finance

Hands-on practice as it applies to Finance.

Mentorship in Finance

Mentorship as it applies to Finance.

Pattern recognition in Finance

Pattern recognition as it applies to Finance.

Portfolio pieces in Finance

Portfolio pieces as it applies to Finance.

Self-assessment in Finance

Self-assessment as it applies to Finance.

Speed versus accuracy in Finance

Speed versus accuracy as it applies to Finance.

Tooling basics in Finance

Tooling basics as it applies to Finance.