Giddy/NYU Foundations of Finance Course

Course Materials on the Web

Many of the documents are in Adobe Acrobat format (i.e., .pdf), for which you will need the Acrobat reader Version 3 or higher. You can get a free copy from Adobe's World Wide Web Site http://www.adobe.com. To download the course files listed below, you will need the password which will be given out on the first day of class.

Available?	#	Topic	Readings and Links
Yes	1	The financial markets; Interest rates and the economy	fin1.pdf trading.pdf Investopedia IPO case study Data
Yes	2	Time value of money	fin2.pdf More TVM and a calculator Cute loan amortization calculator Charts
Yes	3	Bonds and yields	fin3.pdf Bond glossary and prices Rates Quiz solutions (examples)
Yes	4	Risk and return	fin4.pdf Optional assignment duration.xls RiskMetrics and RiskGrades Credit spreads and creditspreads.xls sample Self Test 4 solution
Yes	5	Risk in the context of bond and equity portfolios	fin5.pdf Value at Risk correlations.xls Portfolio spreadsheet sample Self Test 5 solution
Yes	6	Valuation and capital asset pricing	fin6.pdf Beta and Beta spreadsheet and more Company betas and Mutual fund betas
Yes	7	Arbitrage, forecasting and market efficiency	fin7.pdf Quiz 2 solutions (examples)
Yes	8	International financial markets	fin9.pdf Global markets EMU
No	9	Midterm Exam	Sample Midterm Solutions spreadsheet
Yes	10	Equity instruments and economic context of valuation	fin10.pdf
Yes	11	Equity valuation	fin11.pdf Valuation exercise The Fool's Method and summary page Example: Intel and The industry
Yes	12	Cash, futures, FRAs and swaps (online session)	fin12.pdf
Yes	13	Options	fin13.pdf Option calculator
Yes	14	Portfolio Strategies	fin14.pdf Investment philosophies
No	15	Final Exam	Do not download this file until after the Final

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