Finance II : Paul rocks!!
Hi again folks...
this 2nd teaching block has been absolutely fantastic so far!
yesterday i told you about the great stuff we're doing in Managerial economics with Simon..
today's post is about another genius!!
Paul Soderlind, our finance -II prof is like a sage.. soft spoken, humble and down to earth.. but beneath his cool demeanour lies a couldron of exceptional talent...
The first thing you notice about him that he is so organised.. the entire course structure is so well thought of and the step by step learning gradually opens new doors into the world of finance..
I came from a non-financial backround and was shit scared of the Finance -II course when i saw the contents.. but after seeing paul's handouts and attending his lectures.. i feel so stimulated and empowered .. i feel like a new light has switched on within me..
i now know why financial wizards earn so much money.. it is amazing how a set of numbers and what you can do with money can simply transform your life and the world with it.
All credit to Paul, he's made this financial expedition so rich and interesting..
well i have some batchmates who feel he is a genius too .. but not really able to trasfer the knowledge very effectively (read: teaching skills), however, being fair.. it is really important that u pay close attention to what Paul says (and not skype in lectures!!) and also that u do ur essential readings before u come to class...
What i really find very interesting about Paul is that he doesn't blindly give u concepts from the book, rather while explaining the models, approaches and theory, he also gives u his very valuable 2 cents. i.e. he will tell u why u should be sceptical of the model that the author propses .. and he'll dig into all the scientific and historical data he can find and come up with data sets clearly showing the contrary view points..
so it is really enriching for me as a student to get this first rate stimulus.
Some more details about Paul http://home.datacomm.ch/paulsoderlind/
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4RNWN_enCH241CH242&q=paul+soderlind
Paul did his PhD at Princeton under Bernanke (sounds familiar? he's the current US Fed Chief) and prior to HSG , Paul taught at the Stockholm School of Economics... He's also the economic advisor to the Swiss Central bank (equivalent of the US Federal Reserve) and woks there every Friday.
The Ideas database (http://ideas.repec.org ) of the University of Connecticut ranks him amongst the top 5% of authors according to research work in the field of economics http://ideas.repec.org/e/pso16.html
I can't stop myself from mentioning that Finance is also one of the very big strengths of HSG. The finance faculty is very established, influential and does some amazing work... It was no surprise that all leading Investment banks come here each year to hire interns...
I'm really glad i came to St. Gallen!!!
this 2nd teaching block has been absolutely fantastic so far!
yesterday i told you about the great stuff we're doing in Managerial economics with Simon..
today's post is about another genius!!
Paul Soderlind, our finance -II prof is like a sage.. soft spoken, humble and down to earth.. but beneath his cool demeanour lies a couldron of exceptional talent...
The first thing you notice about him that he is so organised.. the entire course structure is so well thought of and the step by step learning gradually opens new doors into the world of finance..
I came from a non-financial backround and was shit scared of the Finance -II course when i saw the contents.. but after seeing paul's handouts and attending his lectures.. i feel so stimulated and empowered .. i feel like a new light has switched on within me..
i now know why financial wizards earn so much money.. it is amazing how a set of numbers and what you can do with money can simply transform your life and the world with it.
All credit to Paul, he's made this financial expedition so rich and interesting..
well i have some batchmates who feel he is a genius too .. but not really able to trasfer the knowledge very effectively (read: teaching skills), however, being fair.. it is really important that u pay close attention to what Paul says (and not skype in lectures!!) and also that u do ur essential readings before u come to class...
What i really find very interesting about Paul is that he doesn't blindly give u concepts from the book, rather while explaining the models, approaches and theory, he also gives u his very valuable 2 cents. i.e. he will tell u why u should be sceptical of the model that the author propses .. and he'll dig into all the scientific and historical data he can find and come up with data sets clearly showing the contrary view points..
so it is really enriching for me as a student to get this first rate stimulus.
Some more details about Paul http://home.datacomm.ch/paulsoderlind/
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4RNWN_enCH241CH242&q=paul+soderlind
Paul did his PhD at Princeton under Bernanke (sounds familiar? he's the current US Fed Chief) and prior to HSG , Paul taught at the Stockholm School of Economics... He's also the economic advisor to the Swiss Central bank (equivalent of the US Federal Reserve) and woks there every Friday.
The Ideas database (http://ideas.repec.org ) of the University of Connecticut ranks him amongst the top 5% of authors according to research work in the field of economics http://ideas.repec.org/e/pso16.html
I can't stop myself from mentioning that Finance is also one of the very big strengths of HSG. The finance faculty is very established, influential and does some amazing work... It was no surprise that all leading Investment banks come here each year to hire interns...
I'm really glad i came to St. Gallen!!!
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