Examines banking regulation, the lending function, investments, and the financial decision-making process. An examination of current and topical issues in banking that are important for policy formation and the future of the banking industry. An advanced study of financial management that relates the underlying principles of finance to the decision-making perspective of the financial manager. Case analyses are included. An introduction to financial modeling and forecasting.
Emphasis is on computer models and forecasting financial variables.
Includes an examination of investment instruments, the investment environment, the concept of risk-return, and the interactive forces between the economy, industries, and individual firms. An advanced and comprehensive coverage of investment topics including bond analysis, stock options, commodities, interest rate futures, options on futures contracts, portfolio analysis and management, and security market efficiency. Introduces the environment of international capital and foreign exchange markets and examines the effects of the international business environment on risk, capital budgeting, working capital management, and capital structure decisions of the firm. This course permits study or exploration into a specialized topic of finance that is not included in one of the other finance courses. It also permits advanced and extensive study of finance topics beyond that included in the other finance courses.