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FIN 4520
Financial Markets and Institutions
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This course is an introduction to the operation,
mechanics and structure of the financial system in
the United States, emphasizing its institutions, markets
and instruments. Theory is integrated with practical
aspects of financial markets and with the management
and regulation of financial institutions.
Course Objectives
Students taking this course will learn the basic functions
and interrelationships of the primary sectors of
financial markets, along with related analytical tools.
The material presented will contribute to preparation for
a career in the financial services industries or their regulation.
It will also be relevant to gaining a better personal
understanding of financial markets and institutions that
can benefit an individual's own future investment, saving
and borrowing decisions.
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Topics covered:
- Overview of the financial system
- Basic analytical tools: interest rates and present value
- Risk-return tradeoffs and portfolio
- Determinants of interest rates
- Yield curves and risk premia
- Information aggregation in capital markets
- Foreign exchange markets
- Capital markets
- Financial structure and informational problems
- Bank management
- The banking industry
- Thrift institutions
- Bank regulation
- Pension funds and insurance companies
- Finance companies
- Securities markets and firms
- Risk management in financial firms
- Financial derivatives:
forwards and futures
- Financial derivatives:
options and swaps
- The Federal Reserve
- Monetary policy
- Monetary policy in international perspective
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