46626 - Financial Instruments and Services

Learning outcomes

The purpose of the course is to give students theoretical knowledge and skills related with the financial investments answering to the following questions:

• How is the financial instruments' value affected, and how is possible to evaluate them?
• What are the most frequently models in practice? Are they coherent with the modern financial theory?
• How are financial instruments traded on financial markets?

To answer to these questions, we'll present most frequently used evaluation models and how thet are used by financial analysts. To explain the functioning of the financial markets, we'll refer to financial web sites and trading on-line.

This course will also provide to the students a technical language, so they will be able to interact with international students and operators.

The purpose of this course will be achieved at the end of itself if students will be able to understand, also in a critical perspective, the main facts about the financial markets.

Course contents

Students taking this course should expect to learn about the fundamental principles of investments. The goal of this course is to equip students with the tools necessary to make good investment decisions. As a consequence of this goal, the course is organized around two broad themes. The first theme is the structure of different securities. The majority of the course concentrates on this theme. The second theme is the money management industry.

Readings/Bibliography

De Vincentiis P., Il mercato obbligazionario, seconda edizione, Giappichelli, Torino, 2009, capp. 1-5.

Pia P. (a cura di), Il mercato azionario, seconda edizione, Giappichelli, Torino, 2009, capp. 1-4, parr. 5.1, capp. 6, 7, 9, par. 10.1. 

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Written exam.

Teaching tools

Slide projector, PC.

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Cenni