FIN 301 Introduction to Finance
- Description
- Curriculum
FIN – 301 Introduction to Finance is a self-study course whose grade is based solely on the final examination. This course of study that is necessary to be prepared for the final examination consists of eighteen lessons based on the readings from the textbook. Students should read the entire text of all the reading assignments. There are no formal homework assignments, but students are encouraged to answer all the review questions at the end of each Lesson to ensure that they have understood the relevant course material are well prepared for the final exam.
Course Description:
This course is concerned with the role of financial institutions and markets play in the business environment. It explores a series of applications of principles from finance and economics that explore the connection between financial markets, financial Institutions and the economy. On the financial markets side, it deals with the term structure of interest rates, stocks, principals of derivatives and currencies. On the institutions side, it deals with commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, the Federal Reserve System and its role of in the economy.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe theories underneath the term structure of interest rates.
- Understand the efficient market hypothesis related to stock pricing.
- Understand a stylized bank’s balance sheet and learn about how risks are managed in banks.
- Assess facts relating to the insurance business, mutual funds and investment banks
- Grasp the basic features of options and futures and understand how financial institutions use them for risk management.
- Explain about the main functions of the Fed and tools they use to affect the economy.
- Describe how currency value is determined by the short run and long run.
- Describe exchange rate system history, and the central bank intervention in the currency market, both unsterilized and sterilized.
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Chapter 1: Why Study Financial Markets? -
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Chapter 2: Market Conditions
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FIN 301 - Quiz 2
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Chapter 3: Moral Hazard
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FIN 301 - Quiz 3
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Chapter 4: What Is a Financial Crises?
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FIN 301 - Quiz 4
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Chapter 5: Structure of the Federal Reserve System
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FIN 301 - Quiz 5
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Chapter 6: The Money Markets Defined
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FIN 301 - Quiz 6
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Chapter 7: Investing in Stocks: How Stocks are Sold
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FIN 301 - Quiz 7
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Chapter 8: What Are Mortgages?
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FIN 301 - Quiz 8
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Chapter 9: Foreign Exchange Market
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FIN 301 - Quiz 9
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Chapter 10: The Bank Balance Sheet
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FIN 301 - Quiz 10
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Chapter 11: Historical Development of the Banking Industry
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FIN 301 - Quiz 11
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Chapter 12: Mutual Funds
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FIN 301 - Quiz 12
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Chapter 13: Insurance Companies
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FIN 301 - Quiz 13
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Chapter 14: Managing Credit Risk
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FIN 301 - Quiz 14
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Chapter 15: Hedging
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FIN 301 - Quiz 15
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Chapter 16: Financial Derivatives
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FIN 301 - Quiz 16
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Chapter 17: Mutual Savings Banks
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FIN 301 - Quiz 17
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Chapter 18: Credit Unions
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FIN 301 - Quiz 18
