FIN 3610 Financial Investment Analysis
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APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
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FIN 3610 Financial Investment Analysis Responsible for the course Knut Sagmo Department Department of Financial Economics Term According to study plan ECTS Credits 7,5 Language of instruction English Introduction Professional management and safekeeping of public savings represent a line of business expected to face increasingly higher demands in the years ahead. This development has become all the more clear as more and more governments around the world have delegated to individual citizens the responsibility for looking after the accumulation of capital in their retirement and pension funds. Thus, for future captains of the financial services industry, the importance of understanding firm-specific (micro), as well as economy-wide (macro) determinants of investment returns and risk cannot be overstated. Learning outcome Acquired knowledge Upon completion of the course, students are required to comprehend key concepts and the analytics of financial investment analysis such as
Acquired skills Upon completion of the course, students are required to master tasks such as
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to demonstrate attitudes compatible with being delegated the responsibility for managing public savings. Such behaviour will eventually manifest itself as behaviour characterized by an uncompromising integrity vis-a-vis clients and supervisory authorities, strict focus on accuracy and records of transactions being executed on behalf of clients, as well as constant surveillance of the development of volatility spirals in financial markets. Prerequisites The following second year courses in the Bachelor of Finance program: Securities' Law, Corporate Finance and Mathematical Analysis. Or equivalent courses. Compulsory reading Books: Bodie, Zvi, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus. 2011. Investments. 9th ed. Mc-Graw Hill Irwin. Latest edition of textbook is used. Recommended reading Books: Hirschey, Mark and John Nofsinger. 2010. Investments : analysis and behavior. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Course outline
Computer-based tools Excel spreadsheets and basic statistical software. Learning process and workload The course consists of 36 lecture hours and 9 hours of in-class, instructor-guided problem solving. Students are recommended to allocate hours of studying as follows: Recommended use of hours:
Coursework requirements (Mandatory) During the course three work assignments are electronically distributed on Its learning. Answers to the assignment problems are to submitted electronically, also. Two out of the three assignments must be approved in order to sit for the final examination. The examination takes place by the end of the lectures series. Further administrative details is provided in class. Feedback on the assignment problems is provided in two ways:
Coursework requirements In order to sit for the final exam, students must get a minimum of two out of three assignments approved. See Learning process and workload.. Examination A five hour individual written exam concludes the course. Examination code(s) FIN 36101 Written examination counts 100% towards final grade in FIN 3610 Financial Investment Analysis (7,5 ECTS credits. Examination support materials No support materials are allowed except the BI-defined exam calculator TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BA Plus and interest rate tables. For more information, please visit our web-based Student Handbook at http://bi.edu/studenthandbook/examaids Re-sit examination A re-sit is possible in connection with the next ordinary course. Students who has not got approved the mandatory work assignments are required to submit a new series of three work assignments during the next scheduled lectures series. Students failing the examination, or wishing to improve previous grades, may retake the examination on the next scheduled exam date conditional upon approval of the work assignments. Additional information |
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