Futures Markets

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Overview

Subject area

FIN

Catalog Number

4720

Course Title

Futures Markets

Description

This course provides a detailed analysis of futures markets and related forward markets, and emphasizes the valuation and uses of financial futures. It examines their institutional setting and provides an analytical foundation for pricing and valuation. It covers hedging, speculative and arbitrage techniques that involve futures contracts and their cash market counterparts. It also surveys relevant empirical evidence on valuation models and trading strategies.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

025171

Course Schedule