International Financial Markets

Catalog 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.