Professor Ian Giddy's Investments Course
Course Materials on the Web
To download some of the
Acrobat
format course files listed below, you will need the password which will be given out on the first day of class.
Topic
Online quizzes
Readings and Links
The
financial markets
;
Interest rates and the economy
Intro
fin1.pdf
trading.pdf
Investopedia
IPO case study
Data
Time value of money
Bonds and yields
Time value
fin2.pdf
More TVM
and a
calculator
Cute loan amortization calculator
Charts
Bond glossary
and
prices
Rates
Interest Conventions
Duration and convexity
Bond yields
Risk and Return
inv3.pdf
Optional assignment
duration.xls
Credit spreads
and
creditspreads.xls
Quiz solutions (examples)
International financial markets
International
fin9.pdf
Global markets
EMU
Risk and return
Risk & return
fin4.pdf
RiskMetrics
and
RiskGrades
Risk in the context of bond and equity portfolios
Diversification
fin5.pdf
Value at Risk
correlations.xls
Portfolio spreadsheet
Valuation and capital asset pricing
Portfolio theory
capm.pdf
Beta
and
Beta spreadsheet
and
more
Company betas
and
Mutual fund betas
Arbitrage, forecasting and market efficiency
Efficient Mkt
fin7.pdf
Equity valuation
Fin statements
Equity val
.
val-long.pdf
Corning Valuation example
P/E ratios
and
Valuation exercise
The Fool's Method
and
summary page
Example: Intel
and
The industry
Merger valuation:example: Schirnding
conrail.pdf
and
Conrail valuation
Cash,
futures
, FRAs and swaps
Fut., forwards
inv8-futures.pdf
Options
Options
inv9-options.pdf
Online option calculator
Option pricing spreadsheet
Corporate Option Valuation
Portfolio Strategies
Portfolio mgt
fin14.pdf
Investment philosophies
Quantitative performance evaluation
review1.pdf
Sample Final Exam
Do not download this
file until after the Final
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•
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•
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•
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