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1. F421

   Derivative Securities and Corporate Risk Management

   • 16-weeks
   • 3 credits
   • Prerequisite: F303 and F305 with grades of C- or better

   Advanced treatment of options, futures, and other derivative securities. Detailed description of the entire spectrum of derivative products. Theoretical and numerical valuation of derivative securities. How corporate risk managers use derivatives to hedge exchange rate risk, interest rate risk, commodity risk, credit risk, etc.

   Learning Objectives:
   I. Overview    
      A. Instruments        
          1. Futures/Forwards/Swaps        
          2. Options    
      B. Markets
   II. Forwards/Futures    
      A. Valuation    
      B. Risk management        
          1. Equity markets        
          2. Fixed-income (interest rate) instruments        
          3. Currencies        
          4. Commodities    
      C. Speculation, Arbitrage, and Spreading
   III. Options    
      A. Pricing        
           1. Theoretical        
           2. Numerical valuation, such as binomial or simulation    
       B. Risk management techniques with options    
       C. Option trading strategies (speculative)        
           1. Directional        
           2. Volatility plays    
       D. "Exotic" options
   IV. Financial Engineering  
   
   Typical Text:  An Introduction to Options and Futures, Chance                         
                       Introduction to Futures and Options Markets, Hull                         
                       Futures and Option Contracting: Theory and Practice, Marshall                         
                       @RISK software