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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2009-2010 Course Listing > Finance
API-141: Finance
Faculty: Akash Deep
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 9/2 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM | L140 |
| Review | F | 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM | L280 |
| 2nd Review, Fri, 1:10-2:30 in L140 | |||
Description
This course provides a general survey of finance and investments. It emphasizes an intuitive, logically rigorous understanding of the theory and practice of financial markets, illustrating the concepts through examples and cases drawn from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Topics covered include: present value analysis and discounting; diversification; the trade-off between risk and return; market efficiency; pricing of stocks and bonds; the capital asset pricing model; the arbitrage pricing theory; term structure of interest rates; the principle of arbitrage; derivative securities such as forwards, futures, and options; use of derivatives for hedging; and risk management. Prerequisites: Assumes a knowledge of basic high school mathematics, familiarity with spreadsheets, and a course in microeconomics (such as API-101).