FIN 489 - Financial Derivatives

[3 credit(s)]

Prerequisite: FIN 353. This is a course on derivative securities and markets and covers wide range of topics. The study of derivative securities includes contracts such as futures, options, options on futures, and swaps. Topics include, but are not limited to, characteristics of derivative markets, pricing models, trading mechanisms, contract specifications, hedging and speculation, market efficiency, corporate risk management using derivatives, and financial engineering.

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