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3.00 Credits
This course takes a variety of finance topics, which have been covered in the prerequisite courses, and implements them using practical spreadsheet models. Students will use the internet and financial databases to obtain input data for their models. Students will use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and design functions and macros to enhance their models. Students must have a solid working knowledge of Windows and Excel, as well as a good understanding of the material taught in the prerequisite finance classes. Students are required to also take FIN406, a co-requisite (zero credit) laboratory class, which provides hands-on instruction. Students must have a mobile ('lap-top') computer with the capability to run Windows-based software.
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0.00 Credits
This is the lab component for FIN 405. Students must have a mobile computer with capability to run Windows based software.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines financial institutions, such as banks (commercial, investment, mortgage, savings), credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, and mutual funds and the money markets in which they operate, and focuses on why they exist and how to manage them. Topics include financial intermediation and transmutation, monetary theory and policy, Federal Reserve management of the money supply, velocity of money, fiscal theory and policy, interest rates, and immunization.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the theory and practice of asset-liability management by large publicly traded commercial banks, including the fundamental principles of structuring loans into balance sheets. A major objective of this class is to provide students sufficient background to enter the credit department in the executive development program of major money center bank.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the techniques of institutional and individual portfolio management. Topics include: Portfolio theory, diversification, asset allocation strategies, equity indexing, equity style management: value versus growth, mutual funds, basics of hedge funds and fund of funds, ETF basics, introduction to private equity, equity and bond portfolio management strategies.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to derivative securities, and examines the nature of derivatives and applications of such instruments in investment and corporate settings. The emphasis is on derivatives of equity-based securities (such as stocks and stock indices), but coverage includes derivatives of debt-based securities (such as Treasury and Eurodollar securities). Topics include options, futures, forwards, and other derivatives, such as options on futures, foreign currency derivatives, swaps, exotic options, real options, as well as financial engineering using derivatives.
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3.00 Credits
Applications of finance theory to the problem of valuing public and non-public companies. Multiplier models, discounted cash flow analysis, and the strengths and weaknesses of traditional security valuation methods are addressed in detail. Financial spreadsheet programs and data sources are an integral part of the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines financial markets that trade fixed income securities. A fixed income security is based primarily on a debt contract, such as a bond, debenture, note or Treasury bill. Topics include the valuation, computation of return, and computation of various measures of risk for fixed income securities, as well as the analysis of the term structure of interest rates and various option features commonly included in debt contracts and fixed income securities . Students must have a solid working knowledge of Excel to take this class.
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3.00 Credits
This is an advanced class in international finance from the viewpoint of multi-national organizations, including corporations, investment banks, and commercial banks. Topics include managing the various sources of risk, such as economic , political, and currency; cash receivables, inventory, and payables management: financing; transfer pricing; taxation; currency netting; capital budgeting; and hedging.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the theoretical concepts and analytical techniques used to make a decision to purchase an ownership interest in a commercial real estate project. There is heavy reliance on Excel applications and the use of the Argus database that is a standard resource in the commercial real estate market. Each student will complete a written evaluation and investment analysis of an existing or proposed commercial real estate project in Miami-Dade, Broward or Monroe County.
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