53:390:506
Financial Management (3)
Valuation as the unifying principle of finance. Topics include forms of business ownership, firm and project cash flows, time value of money, bond and stock valuation, capital budgeting, operating and financial leverage, risk and diversification, and the cost of capital.
Prerequisites: 53:135:500 and 53:010:502.
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53:390:513
Advanced Financial Management (3)
Advanced issues in business investment, financing, and cash distributions with emphasis on corporations. Likely topics include asset replacement policy, optimal investment horizon, investment under taxes and inflation, financial leverage policy, buy-or-lease decision, earnings distribution policy, and intercompany investments and acquisitions.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:514
Multinational Financial Management (3)
Financial
skills required for effective management of companies engaged in
international business. Topics include exchange rates and the balance
of payments, the international monetary system, measuring and managing
foreign exchange risk exposure, multinational capital budgeting,
financing of international trade and investment projects, political
risk management, taxation, and international transfer pricing.
This course may also count toward an international business concentration. Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:521,522
Directed Study in Finance (3,3)
A faculty-directed individual study requires the approval of two finance faculty members: the area coordinator and the associate dean of graduate studies.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:530
Fixed-Income Security Analysis (3)
An introduction to fixed-income securities and interest rate derivatives. This course describes important securities and their markets, and develops the analytical tools to value those securities, understand their investment characteristics, and manage interest rate risk.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:540
Securities and Investment (3)
The investment setting, organization, and functioning of securities markets. Efficient capital markets, modern portfolio management, asset pricing models, security valuation principles and practices, analysis and management of bonds and common stocks, derivative securities, and evaluation of portfolio performance.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:550
Financial Markets and Institutions (3)
Financial markets covered in this introductory course are those of money, bonds, mortgages, stocks, foreign exchange, futures, and options. Institutions studied are the Federal Reserve Bank, depository financial institutions, and nondepository institutions. Background topics include the term structure of interest rates, securitization, monetary policy, innovation in financial markets, and government regulations.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:552
Global Financial Markets (3)
This course covers the international monetary system, measurement of international trade and investment, global banking, Eurocurrency markets, global securities markets, foreign exchange markets, emerging capital markets, and global portfolio management.
This course may also count toward an international business concentration.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:555
Commercial Bank Management (3)
Risk management techniques utilized by commercial banks. Topics include the risk management of credit, interest rates, foreign exchange, liquidity, and loan portfolio risk; hedging risk with options, swaps, futures, and forward contracts; capital adequacy; financial statement analysis; and deposits insurance.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:560
Futures and Options (3)
Futures and options markets for financial and real assets; institutional setting and trading; analysis and valuation of futures, options, and other derivative securities; and hedging and simulation techniques for portfolio rebalancing.
Prerequisites: 53:390:506, and prior or concurrent enrollment in 53:390:540.
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53:390:565
Mergers and Aquisitions - Financial Analysis (3)
The financial analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities, applying the valuation methodologies currently used on Wall Street. Use of the Bloomberg terminal is an integral part of the course. Qualitative dimensions, such as deal structure, form of financing, and acquisition strategies, are incorporated into the M&A analysis.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:570
Statistical Financial Analysis (3)
Model-building and analysis of financial data using statistical techniques and computer software such as SAS or SPSS. Topics include predicting business failures and corporate acquisitions, evaluating consumer and business loans, estimating portfolio inputs and evaluating portfolio performance, forecasting sales and earnings, and analyzing time-series of financial data.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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53:390:670,671
Special Topics in Finance (3,3)
Topics vary from semester to semester. Consult the associate dean of graduate studies for specific content each semester. Students may enroll in more than one special topics course.
Prerequisite: 53:390:506.
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