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  • FNCE 235: Fixed Income Securities

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 100, FNCE 101. FNCE 235 is a rigorous study of fixed income securities, including default-free bonds, floating rate notes, and corporate bonds. Closely related financial instruments such as forwards and futures on fixed income securities, bond options, and interest rate swaps are also examined. In addition to analyzing specific types of fixed income securities, there will be an examination of the tools used in bond portfolio management.
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  • FNCE 238: Funding Investments

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 100, FNCE 101. This course examines the available corporate securities that firms can use to finance investment. The course will focus on:(1) the design of these securities (Why do bonds have embedded options What is the role of preferred stock ); (2) the issuing process for these securities (What do investment banks do Is the underwriting process important for the cost of capital ); (3) the pricing of these securities (How are credit risk in bonds and loans priced ) The securities covered include corporate and junk bonds, bank loans, common and preferred equity, commercial paper, securitization, as well as some recent innovations. Other topics include: the role of embedded options in corporate bonds; the role of bank and loan covenants; the function of bond rating agencies; exchange offers; prepackaged bankruptcies; bankruptcy in Chapter 11; workouts; debtor-in-possession financing; and pricing credit risk. The course is desgined to be complementary to Advanced Corporate Finance and Fixed Income Securities.
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  • FNCE 239: Behavioral Finance

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 100, FNCE 101. Recommended: FNCE 203. There is an abundance of evidence suggesting that the standard economic paradigm - rational agents in an efficent market - does not adequately describe behavior in financial markets. In this course, we will survey the evidence and use psychology to guide alternative theories of financial markets. Along the way, we will address the standard argument that smart, profit-seeing agents can correct any distortions caused by irrational investors. Further, we will examine more closely the preferences and trading decisions of individual investors. We will argue that their systematic biases can aggregate into observed market inefficiencies. The second half of the course extends the analysis to corporate decision making. We then explore the evidence for both views in the context of capital structure, investment, dividend, and merger decisions.
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  • FNCE 250: Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 100, FNCE 101. This course covers the finance of technological innovation, with a focus on the valuation tools useful in the venture capital industry. These tools include the "venture capital method," comparables analysis, discounted cash flow analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, contingent-claims analysis, decision trees, and real options. The primary audience for this course is finance majors interested in careers in venture capital or in R&D-intensive companies in health care or information technology.
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  • FNCE 251: The Finance of Buyouts and Acquisitions

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 100, FNCE 101. The focus of this course is on buying (or acquiring controlling stakes in) firms. The main topics to be covered are mergers and friendly acquisitions, hostile takeovers and buyouts. Using case studies, the course surveys the drivers of success in the transactions. While issues regarding motive and strategy will be discussed, financial theory would be the main lens used to view these control acquiring transactions. The objective is two fold: (1) Develop a concept and translate that idea into a proposal through deal design; and (2) analyze to form opinions about proposed deals. The course should be of interest to students interested in pursuing careers as private equity investors, advisors in investment banking and corporate managers that deal with these issues. This course will be demanding and assumes familiarity with valuation analysis.
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  • FNCE 399: Supervised Study in Finance

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, 3.4 grade point average, and permission of a Finance Department standing faculty member. Integrates the work of the various courses and familiarizes the student with the tools and techniques of research.
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  • FNCE 911: Financial Economics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 681 or ECON 701, Matrix Algebra, and Calculus. The objective of this course is to undertake a rigorous study of the theoretical foundations of modern financial economics. The course will cover the central themes of modern finance including individual investment decisions under uncertainty, stochastic dominance, mean variance theory, capital market equilibrium and asset valuation, arbitrage pricing theory, option pricing, and incomplete markets, and the potential application of these themes. Upon completion of this course, students should acquire a clear understanding of the major theoretical results concerning individuals' consumption and portfolio decisions under uncertainty and their implications for the valuation of securities.
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  • FNCE 912: Financial Institutions

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 898, STAT 510 or FNCE 911. This course provides students with an overview of the basic contributions in the modern theory of corporate finance and financial institutions. The course is methodology oriented in that students are required to master necessary technical tools for each topic. The topics covered may include capital structure, distribution policy, financial intermediation, incomplete financial contracting, initial and seasoned public offerings, market for corporate control, product market corporate finance interactions, corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, financing in imperfect markets, security design under adverse selection and moral hazard, and some selected topics.
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  • FNCE 921: Introduction to Empirical Methods in Finance

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): FNCE 911 (can be taken concurrently), STAT 510 and 511 or equivalent. This course is an introduction to empirical methods commonly employed in finance. It provides the background for FNCE 934, Empirical Research in Finance. The course is organized around empirical papers with an emphasis on econometric methods. A heavy reliance will be placed on analysis of financial data.
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