3603710: Selected Topics in Finance

Beschreibung

• Principles
• Time Value of Money
• Statistics and Probability Theory
• Sampling and Estimation
• Microeconomic Theory
• Macroeconomic Theory
• Monetary and Financial Policy
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Finance
• Investments
• Portfolio Management
• Securities
• Equity Investments
• Fixed Income Investments
• Derivative Investments
• Alternative Investments

Lernergebnisse

• Summarising various concepts of economics, in particular finance
• Comparing analysis and management methods
• Putting oneself in the place of a professional investor
• Evaluating various financial market instruments

Lehrmethoden

Interactive lecture with cases

Literatur

Required reading:

• Brealey, R.A. /Myers, S. C. /Allen, F. (2008). Principles of Corporate Finance. Boston: Mc Graw-Hill

• Bodie, Z. /Kane, A. /Marcus, A.J. (2008): Investments (Seventh Edition). Boston: Mc Graw-Hill.
• CFA Institute (2008). 2009 Level 1 December Exam Curriculum. Boston: Pearson.

Arbeitsmaterial

Lecture slides, exercises, sample questions will be available on Moodle

Kommentar

This lecture also serves as a preparatory course for the CFA Level 1 examination.