International Financial Markets
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Overview
Subject area
FIN
Catalog Number
4910
Course Title
International Financial Markets
Department(s)
Description
This course explores the fundamentals of international financial markets. The primary focus is on key institutional and organizational features of the international marketplace, including the capital and money markets, as well as the futures, forward, swap and options markets. Students learn how to judge the outlook for a currency, and they gain skills in the techniques of foreign-exchange risk management. The course also covers the role of banks in the operation of the international economy and international portfolio diversification.
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
Prerequisite: FIN 3610, 3710, ECO 4000 and a minimum 2.0 GPA (C average) in these courses and Finance Plan and (ZICK or ZKTP Student Group) and (have ZK4L or ZK4P student group: BBA majors must have completed courses listed here, https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/4000-and-above-bus-course-enroll-criteria). After these courses are completed, FIN GPA must be 2.0 or higher. If below 2.0 GPA, 4000-level FIN courses will be dropped.