Class Financial Markets and Tools

The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the main financial derivatives — forwards, futures, swaps, and options — and their fundamental role in financial risk management.

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S1. Introduction to Markets and Financial Instruments; S2. Forwards and Futures; S2.1 Futures; S2.2 Hedging risk with futures; S2.3 Forwards; S2.4 Valuation of futures and forwards; S5. Swaps; S7. Options S7.1 Options trading strategies. S7.2 Valuation of options.

The use Google for Education tools, namely Google Academic, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Drive, google slides, and/or the digital tools Prezi and/or Canva. Discussion forums, and videos shared with students  

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