37300 - FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course students will be able to understand and apply the main financial principles and concepts: they will understand why and how financial intermediation exists, how the basics of mathematical finance should be applied in the evaluation of financing contracts and financial instruments; how to invest in a portfolio, taking into account both expected returns and risks; how the monetary policy is related to what they learn in this course and how to interpret the current issues on financial markets.

Contenuti

It's a typical financial markets, instruments and intermediaries course, addressing the following main topics:

• principles of finance
• financial equivalence
• banking services
• mortgage evaluations and amortization
• principles of valuation
• basic financial instruments and their pricings
• uncertainty and risk measures
• risk and return relation in financial markets
• capital asset pricing model
• investment portfolios and performances

Testi/Bibliografia

Principles of Finance with Excel - 3rd Edition (Oxford University Press)

Teacher Handouts

Metodi didattici

Theory and practice (with excel) are continuously alternated during classes.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The final Exam will be in the Lab, on an Excel file, in which the students will find both exercises and theoretical questions.

Please have a look at the exam platform in order to be confident before and during the exam on what it is expected from you (also, test your own laptop!):

https://unibodisa.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9zDRvwzDHwpv1v8

 

The test assessment grid will be as follows:

• <18 insufficient
• 18-23 sufficient
• 24-27 average/good
• 28-30 very good
• 30 cum laude excellent/outstanding

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Excel in the Lab and Powerpoint presentations.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Fabrizio Palmucci