Παρουσίαση/Προβολή

((AF6)) -  ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΚΑΣΙΜΑΤΗΣ

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Course contents
The course covers the following topics:
- Money and Capital Markets: an overview.
- Intermediaries, Markets and Trading – an overview of the type of companies operating in the money and capital markets and the kinds of transactions they engage into.
- Compounding, Present and Future Value – basic principles used for quantitative analysis of financial assets and instruments.
- Bonds and Interest Rates – an overview of debt instruments, pricing and risk assessment.
- Stocks – pricing techniques for stocks
- Portfolio Theory – how to choose assets in order to build an efficient portfolio
- Futures contracts – an overview of the futures market, pricing of futures contracts, speculation, arbitrage and hedging strategies through futures contracts.

Recommended or required reading
1. Bodie Z, Kane A. and Marcus A.J., (2014) Investments, 10th edition, McGraw Hill.
2. Brealey R.A. and Myers S.C. (2017) Principles of Corporate Finance 12th edition, McGraw Hill.
3. Lecture notes and case studies.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The module is taught through a series of three-hour lectures.

Assessment methods and criteria
Final written two-hour exam.

Language of instruction
English

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Τετάρτη, 1 Φεβρουαρίου 2023