FINANCE 605 / Financial Instruments and Their Markets

3 unit(s)

This course provides students with a practical understanding of various financial instruments and their markets. These instruments include stocks, bonds, derivatives, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and hedge funds. The course will discuss the instruments’ features, risk-return characteristics, valuation, market structure and trading environment. It will also explore the findings of relevant empirical research such as those on market efficiency, market anomalies, behaviour of stock returns, and mutual fund performance.