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Spring 2024  |  FINA 4121 Section 001: Financial Markets and Interest Rates (56512)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
2 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Enrollment Requirements:
CSOM major or NONM or Math major/Act Sci subplan or Management minor
Times and Locations:
First Half of Term
 
01/16/2024 - 03/11/2024
Tue, Thu 11:50AM - 01:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hanson Hall 1-107
Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 65 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course provides a framework to understand how financial markets operate and how they establish the cost of capital demanded by investors through market interest rates. Course presents valuation models for bonds, the impact of the Federal Reserve on the level and term structure of interest rates, measures of interest rate risk, financing markets for securities and how these define the pricing of futures and forward contracts. prereq: 3001 or 3001H, CSOM major or Math/Actuarial Science major or Management minor.
Class Description:
Course Provides and introduction to the principles of and methods used in Financial Markets. Basic framework for valuing fixed income securities. Term structure on interest rates, forward rates, principles of fixed-income valuation. Surveys treasury, corporate, municipal, securitization markets.
Grading:
45% Final Exam
5% Special Projects
20% Quizzes
30% Written Homework Other Grading Information: These percentages are subject to change and provided to give the student a rough idea of the weighting of course elements.
Class Format:
90% Lecture
10% Discussion
Workload:
25 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
3 Problem Set(s)
3 Quiz(zes)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56512/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 October 2009

Spring 2024  |  FINA 4121 Section 002: Financial Markets and Interest Rates (56854)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
2 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Enrollment Requirements:
CSOM major or NONM or Math major/Act Sci subplan or Management minor
Times and Locations:
First Half of Term
 
01/16/2024 - 03/11/2024
Tue, Thu 08:00AM - 09:40AM
UMTC, West Bank
Hanson Hall 1-107
Enrollment Status:
Open (14 of 65 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course provides a framework to understand how financial markets operate and how they establish the cost of capital demanded by investors through market interest rates. Course presents valuation models for bonds, the impact of the Federal Reserve on the level and term structure of interest rates, measures of interest rate risk, financing markets for securities and how these define the pricing of futures and forward contracts. prereq: 3001 or 3001H, CSOM major or Math/Actuarial Science major or Management minor.
Class Description:
Course Provides and introduction to the principles of and methods used in Financial Markets. Basic framework for valuing fixed income securities. Term structure on interest rates, forward rates, principles of fixed-income valuation. Surveys treasury, corporate, municipal, securitization markets.
Grading:
45% Final Exam
5% Special Projects
20% Quizzes
30% Written Homework Other Grading Information: These percentages are subject to change and provided to give the student a rough idea of the weighting of course elements.
Class Format:
90% Lecture
10% Discussion
Workload:
25 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
3 Problem Set(s)
3 Quiz(zes)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56854/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 October 2009

Spring 2024  |  FINA 4121 Section 003: Financial Markets and Interest Rates (56666)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
2 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Enrollment Requirements:
CSOM major or NONM or Math major/Act Sci subplan or Management minor
Times and Locations:
Second Half of Term
 
03/12/2024 - 04/29/2024
Mon, Wed 01:45PM - 03:25PM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management L-114
Enrollment Status:
Open (15 of 64 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course provides a framework to understand how financial markets operate and how they establish the cost of capital demanded by investors through market interest rates. Course presents valuation models for bonds, the impact of the Federal Reserve on the level and term structure of interest rates, measures of interest rate risk, financing markets for securities and how these define the pricing of futures and forward contracts. prereq: 3001 or 3001H, CSOM major or Math/Actuarial Science major or Management minor.
Class Description:
Course Provides and introduction to the principles of and methods used in Financial Markets. Basic framework for valuing fixed income securities. Term structure on interest rates, forward rates, principles of fixed-income valuation. Surveys treasury, corporate, municipal, securitization markets.
Grading:
45% Final Exam
5% Special Projects
20% Quizzes
30% Written Homework Other Grading Information: These percentages are subject to change and provided to give the student a rough idea of the weighting of course elements.
Class Format:
90% Lecture
10% Discussion
Workload:
25 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
3 Problem Set(s)
3 Quiz(zes)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56666/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 October 2009

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