| CODE | BKF3050 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Equity Markets | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Banking, Finance and Investments | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides students with an introduction to the theory, tools, and terminology of equity markets from a finance point of view together with their application. In order to maximise knowledge and skills transfers’, the material covered in this study-unit focuses on principles of investments and valuation of equities. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims at providing students with an introduction to world of investments with particular emphasis on equities. The study-unit also aims at giving students an introduction to the theory and tools used in order to price and trade equities. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Discuss asset-pricing and equilibrium in capital markets; Distinguish between mutual funds and other investment vehicles; Explain how security analysis is done and equity valuation models; Define hedge funds; Evaluate investment performance and to show how portfolio management is implemented in practice. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Value securities using different valuation models; Perform security analysis; Build portfolios; Evaluate investment performance; Use asset-pricing models. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Investments, by Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, and Alan J. Marcus, Eight Edition (2009), McGraw- Hill International Edition. (This text is available in the library). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Robert M. Suban |
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