Finance de marché

The course consists of 7 chapters: 1. Basic concepts  2. Annuities, Loans, bonds 3. Investment Projects Analysis  4. Portfolio Management  5. Financial Assets Evaluation 6. Futures and Forward 7. Financial Options
 

At the end of the course, the students will be able to :

• Understand how financial markets work
• Evaluate Financial Assets: Bonds, Stocks, Derivatives
• Understand the concepts of risk and return and their implications for portfolio management
• Justify financial decisions and communicate them to financial and non-financial management
• Apply these methods to real-life examples
• Develop a critical view of the knowledge related to finance.

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Basic concepts in Accounting, Microeconomics and Statistics.

Required and corequired courses

Lectures & exercises

Contribution to the teaching profile

This course contributes to the development of the following skills for economics students in Bachelor : - Fundamental concepts and tools in economics and management - Master the basic methodological tools for a scientific approach to economics and management - Leverage fundamental concepts and tools in economics and management to solve or analyze an economic problem - Identify data sources relevant to the problem at hand - Analyze a socio-economic problem through different disciplinary frameworks (social sciences, law and humanities - Demonstrate analytical rigor and work ethics - Display critical thinking by confronting the acquired knowledge to real-life situations - Develop an independent approach to learning

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

• Brealey, R., Myers, S., and F. Allen, 2019, Principles of Corporate Finance (en français Principes de gestion financière), 13^th edition, McGraw-Hill.
• Berk, J. and P. DeMarzo, 2014, Corporate Finance (en français Finance d’Entreprise), 4^th edition, Pearson.
• Farber, A. Laurent, M-P., Oosterlinck, K., Pirotte, H. (FLOP), Finance, Pearson Education, Plusieurs éditions (2004, 2008, 2011)

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

benjamin.lorent@ulb.be (for the academic year 2022-2023)

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination

written examination

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

100% written exam

Language(s) of evaluation

• french