FIN 3500 Financial Markets and Institutions

This course is an introduction to the dynamic structure of the financial markets’ environment in which financial institutions as well as other participants operate. The course explores the concepts and measurement of risk and return, explains how market interest rates are determined, analyzes the spread between various rates across major capital markets’ participants, and analyzes strategies to manage and modify return and risk in an uncertain environment. The emphasis is on identifying the characteristics of participants that give rise to basic similarities and/or differences in their behavior, rather than on their detailed operating business activities. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3200
Credits: 3.0