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Course: 2022/2023

Introduction to Financial Markets

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Master in Financial Sector Technologies: FinTech (Plan: 461 - Estudio: 313)

EPI

Coordinating teacher: MORENO MUÑOZ, JESUS DAVID

Department assigned to the subject: Business Administration Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 1º

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

None

Objectives

GENERAL COMPETENCES - Having knowledge useful for researching - Having abilities to solve complex problems - Getting ethical behavior - Understanding the basic topics about Financial Markets - Understand the risk measures and diversification process - Having knowledge of different agents in financial markets

Skills and learning outcomes

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Description of contents: programme

1- Introduction to Financial Markets 2- Portfolio Theory 3- Asset Pricing Models 4- Efficiency Hypothesis and several puzzles in financial markets 5- Derivatives 6- Debt Policies and dividend policies in companies 7- Cycle life for a financial transaction.

Learning activities and methodology

- Case discussion in the classroom - Written exercises - Specific e-learning activities - The theoretical contents are presented using Power Point slides by the faculty. - Empirical exercises with computer.

Assessment System

The final grade will be composed by several homeworks (20%), Multiple Choice Quiz (20%), and the final exam grade (60%) with the requirement that the student must obtain at least 4 out of 10 points in the final exam. Otherwise, the final grade will completely be based on the final exam.

% end-of-term-examination 60
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Basic Bibliography

Bodie, Z., Kane, A. and Marcus, A. J. . Investments. McGraw Hill .

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.