Finance II 2400-PP2FI2
Individual meetings of the lecture are focused on the following matters:
Futures market and option market. Daily marking to market. Short term interest rate futures. Long-term interest rate futures. Currency futures. Stock index futures.
Swaps market. Interest rate swaps. Currency swaps. Basis swaps.
Option contracts. Option combinations. Put-call parity. Combinations/ strategies. Slope modifications. Combinations involving mixtures of long and short options – spreads. Rotation. Horizontal and diagonal spreads. Synthetic securities. Financial engineering. Synthetic options and forwards/futures. Cross rate options.
The fair pricing of option contracts. Factors influencing the premium. Sensitivity factors. Binomial model. Riskless hedge portfolio. Sharpe formula. The Black-Scholes model of the fair European call option price. Pricing a European put option. Put-call parity. Modifications to the Black-Scholes model.
Practical issues of financial management. Measuring and managing foreign exchange exposure. Portfolio analysis and asset pricing. Structuring the portfolio.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Advanced knowledge about financial markets these specific foundations and rules. The student should be able to construct effective investment portfolio. He/she should also learn how to correctly price different securities and analyze their features.
Assessment criteria
Written exam, 3 of 4 exercises.
Bibliography
Mandatory literature:
W. Dębski, “Rynek finansowy i jego mechanizmy”, PWN 2014
Additional literature:
Blake, Financial Market Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, 2000
J. Czekaj, ,,Rynki, instrumenty i instytucje finansowe’’, PWN 2008
K.Jajuga, T. Jajuga, Inwestycje. Instrumenty finansowe. Aktywa niefinansowe. Ryzyko finansowe. Inżynieria finansowa. PWN 2015
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