AI1134 Capital Markets and Financial Instruments 7.5 credits
Kapitalmarknader och finansiella instrument
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents *
Stock valuation, option valuation, strategies with options and futures, the efficient market hypothesis, the foreign exchange market, central banks, monetary policy goals and tools, transmission mechanisms of monetary policy.
Intended learning outcomes *
Upon completion of the course, course participant should be able to
- Apply common stock and option valuation methods.
- Describe and analyze different investment strategies with stocks and financial derivatives.
- Explain the meaning of the efficient market hypothesis, and give examples of arguments and evidence for and against this hypothesis.
- Analyze how exchange rates are determined.
- Analyze possible effects of monetary policy interventions.
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Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites *
Fundamentals of Residential Real Estate Finance (AI1144)
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Literature
The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, by F.S. Mishkin, Global Edition. Pearson. We recommend the latest edition.
Examination and completion
Grading scale *
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination *
- TENA - Examination, 7.5 credits, Grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
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Main field of study *
Technology
Education cycle *
First cycle
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Contact
Han-Suck Song, 08-790 9569, han-suck.song@abe.kth.se
Ethical approach *
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.