Speculative Markets

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This course covers the valuation and uses of derivative securities. The topics include the pricing and valuation of forward contracts, futures, swaps, and options. In addition, common hedging strategies will be discussed using the financial derivatives as basic building blocks to manage financial risk exposures to equity prices, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and commodity prices. The topics in this course are quantitative and challenging because of the conceptual complexity of financial derivatives and the precision and degree of details required in pricing and valuation of derivative instruments.