ECO689 - FINANCIAL MARKETS and INSTITUTIONS
Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
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FINANCIAL MARKETS and INSTITUTIONS | ECO689 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Prequisites | None | |||||
Course language | Turkish | |||||
Course type | Elective | |||||
Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Drill and Practice Problem Solving | |||||
Instructor (s) | Academic Staff | |||||
Course objective | The aim of this course to introduce financial markets, risk and finance relations and risk management together with financial instruments for risk management. | |||||
Learning outcomes |
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Course Content | Introduction to financial markets, finance and risk, money markets, stock markets, bond markets, real estate markets option markets and options for hedging, principles of risk management. | |||||
References | Mishkin, S. and Stanley E. Financial Markets and Institutions, 7th ed. Pearson, 2012 Hull, J. C. Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, Prentice Hall, 2005 Oksendal, B. Stochastic Differential Equations: An Introduction with Applications, 6th Edition, Springer Verlag, 2010 |
Course outline weekly
Weeks | Topics |
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Week 1 | Review: Finance and Risk |
Week 2 | Review: Markets, domestic-international |
Week 3 | Review: Concept of Risk |
Week 4 | Financial Markets |
Week 5 | Bond markets, basics of valuation |
Week 6 | Bond risk |
Week 7 | Midterm |
Week 8 | Stock markets |
Week 9 | Valuation of stocks: Basics |
Week 10 | Option markets |
Week 11 | Options and hedging |
Week 12 | Options valuation |
Week 13 | Principles of Risk Management |
Week 14 | Market Risk |
Week 15 | Real Estate Markets |
Week 16 | Presentations |
Assesment methods
Course activities | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Attendance | 0 | 0 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 |
Field activities | 0 | 0 |
Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
Assignments | 1 | 15 |
Presentation | 1 | 10 |
Project | 0 | 0 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 1 | 25 |
Final exam | 1 | 50 |
Total | 100 | |
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 3 | 50 |
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
Total | 100 |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
---|---|---|---|
Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 15 | 6 | 90 |
Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework assignment | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 28 | 28 |
Total Workload | 33 | 87 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1. To understand theoretical developments in financial economics. | X | ||||
2. To have a good grasp in methods and techniques to use and test theoretical approaches in the field. | X | ||||
3. To understand the interdisciplinary nature of financial economics. | X | ||||
4. To know the applications in the field of financial economics and propose appropriate solutions to practical problems. | X | ||||
5. To offer appropriate policy suggestions in response to new financial developments. | X | ||||
6. To understand and explain the effects of international financial developments on national economy and the interdependencies between the two. | X | ||||
7. To comprehend pricing and diversification of financial assets and risk management. | X | ||||
8. To understand country risk and rating analysis and evaluate their effects on national economy. | X | ||||
9. To know theoretical and empirical concepts in financial economics to follow the related literature. | X | ||||
10. To access and evaluate financial data and interpret them. | X | ||||
11. To conduct independent empirical studies in financial economics by using software. | X | ||||
12. To understand different market structures in which financial firms operate and their impacts on firm behavior. | X | ||||
13. To suggest policies for financial markets depending on their significance and distinctive features. | X | ||||
14. To develop the capacity to construct unique ideas in their research without ethical breaches such as plagiarism, forgery and distortion. | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest