Analysis of corporation statements for investment purposes; the security market; market influences on security prices; effect of interest changes on security prices; and the development of investment programs.

The course provides an overview of world trade, international monetary and trade theory, and the theory of exchange rate determination. Focus is on the management of short- and long-term international assets, with particular attention given to the direct investment decision and on financing international operations.

This course covers the complex characteristics and analysis of individual securities as well as theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. Stressing the economic intuition behind the subject matter, this course presents advanced concepts of investment analysis and portfolio management.

The course provides students with an introduction to the fundamentals of fixed income securities and markets. Topics covered include bond pricing, convexity, duration, the yield curve, the U.S. Treasury market, corporate bond markets and mortgage-backed securities.

This course gives students a working knowledge of, and experience applying, the basic principles of value-oriented equity investing. Students manage a real-money equity portfolio currently, making all buy/sell decision.

Readings, projects, lecture and/or discussion to illuminate current topics of special interest or concern in finance. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. May not be repeated under the same title. A particular topic may be offered at most three times under the FIN 490 number.

A study of financial management from the viewpoint of the corporate financial officer. Areas studied include capital budgeting, capital structure, financing decisions, working capital management, dividend policy, and mergers and acquisitions.

The study of selected topics in finance for graduate students. Special title required. May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits under different subtitles.

Students confer individually with the instructor. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

Primary emphasis on the implementation of financial theory for the evaluation and management of financial assets in an efficient capital market. Topics include mean-variance efficiency, development and testing of the capital asset pricing model, stochastic dominance, and option pricing theory as well as other topics in modern capital market theory.