FIN 5308 - Derivatives Analysis

College of Business Administration

Lecture
- Credits: 3

Prerequisite: FIN 3302 or FIN 6300 and QMBE 2786 or consent of department. An examination of the organization structure of speculative markets and the performance of speculative assets. Topics include the institutional nature of options and futures markets; investment and hedging strategies; and the valuation of options on stocks, interest rates, and futures contracts as well as the analysis of commodity, interest rate, stock index, and foreign exchange futures prices. The course will cover the following Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) sections from the Chartered Financial Analyst CFA Program: CBOK Section VIII. Analysis of Derivatives.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit for FIN 3302 or FIN 6300 and QMBE 2786 is required.
Grading Basis: Graded
Repeatable: N
Consent Required to Add No
Consent Required to Drop No