Futures Markets
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Overview
Subject area
FIN
Catalog Number
4720
Course Title
Futures Markets
Department(s)
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