Overview
Description
Financial risk management. Use of financial options for hedging or portfolios, currency and interest exposure; financial futures; options of futures; interest rate and currency swaps.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Business major or minor.
FIN 307
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
FIN 307; Business major or minor.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Restrictions
Business major or minor.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- apply different option pricing models to determine the fair price of option contracts.
- evaluate the appropriateness of different futures contracts to hedge financial portfolios.
- explain and price interest rate and currency swaps.