ECON 3220
Financial Markets and Analysis
This course is a rigorous introduction to financial markets, financial institutions, and their purpose and functions in the economy. In financial markets, trade is essentially money now for money in the future. As such, financial decisions must often take into account future events, whether those be related to individual stocks, portfolios, or the market as a whole. This course explores the topics related to the level and structure of interest rates and of stock prices, portfolio choice, basic investment theory, and arbitrage pricing theory, among others. Prerequisites: Econ 1011 and Econ 1021.
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6-8 hrs/week
This is an excellent class — yes it’s hard, but it provided an outstanding base for understanding quantitative investment management and asset pricing — directly used nearly everything we learned during my internship and was well above peers in knowledge on the subject because of it. People complain about the problem sets but it’s just a hard field of study. Beats any Olin class I’ve taken hands down.
12/27/2024
2-4 hrs/week
The problem sets were very difficult and were considerably weighted. The exam was also very challenging given the minimal content via lecture slides. Really was no way of practicing for the exams. Would recommend to stay away if possibile.
10/16/2024
2-4 hrs/week
The problem sets can get super tricky and not follow what was done in lectures. The tests were solid and much easier than the problem sets. The class wasn't organized very well but definitely can provide some foundations. There are better classes out there to learn this material
5/18/2024