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Spring 2012

Department FINCCourse Number3321 Section Number23895
Name of Course Capital Markets
Name of Instructor Al Nasser,Omar Maher

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. Working knowledge of domestic and international financial markets - especially financial institutions, forces impacting financial markets, level and structure of interest rates, financial innovations and regulatory trends;
  2. Understanding of current domestic and international issues in the financial system, and achievement of a state of knowledge that will support critical appraisal of arguments about such issues;
  3. Understanding of the role of portfolio investment in financial organizations and conceptual and analytical tools available to manage risk; and,
  4. Understanding of the global nature of financial markets, the importance of country participants, and the role of international organizations operating in the financial markets.

Major Assignments/Exams

Chapter Quizzes 20 points
Discussion Board Participation 10 points
Midterm Exam 25 points
Final Exam 25 points
Investment Game 20 points

Required Reading

Jeff Madura, Financial Markets and Institutions, Abridged Edition, 9th Edition,9th Edition ed., ISBN 0538482494.

I strongly recommended that every business student should have a good quality financial calculator. The quizzes assignments and tests that require calculations will be much easier and less time consuming if you become proficient with a good quality financial calculator. For my F2F classes I recommend the Texas Instruments BA-II Plus. Many of the exam problems involve financial calculations - a financial calculator is necessary to solve them. The Texas Instruments BA-II Plus is a popular financial calculator for business professionals and students. It allows users to take advantage of all the same time-saving financial functions. With Time-Value-of-Money, cash flow analysis, and advanced statistics, the Texas Instruments BA-II Plus is perfect for applications in finance, accounting, economics, investment, statistics, and more.

Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.

List of Discussion/Lecture Topics

  • Role of Financial Markets
  • Determination of Interest Rates
  • Functions of the Fed
  • Monetary Policy
  • Money Markets
  • Bond Markets
  • Midterm Exam
  • Bond Valuation and Risk
  • Spring Break
  • Mortgage Markets
  • Stock Offerings and Investor Monitoring
  • Stock Valuation and Risk
  • Market Microstructure and Strategies
  • Commercial Bank Operations
  • Bank Regulations
  • Final Exam, Final Investment Game Report Due