FIN 3560 - Financial Markets And Instruments

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Babson College

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4.00 credits FIN3560 Financial Markets and Instruments (General Elective) This course provides the student an understanding of the role the financial markets can play in managing the firm. The topics covered include the major financial markets and their associated structures, quantitative techniques for valuing various financial securities and their cash flow streams, and factors affecting interest rates. This course also provides an introduction to derivatives and risk management. Topics include: instruments/markets, issuing securities, organized exchanges vs. OTC, stock valuation, bond valuation, cost of equity capital, interest rate determination (term structure), risk management, an introduction to derivatives, pay off profiles, binomial option pricing techniques, and an introduction to Black-Scholes. FIN3560 is a prerequisite to many advanced finance elective courses. This is also a good course for students who do not intend to pursue Finance as a specialization but want to supplement their IME coursework with additional Finance. Prerequisite: IME2320 or MCE

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.babson.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 235-1200

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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