Advanced FinanceLaajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: C-02537-4_LIA5360
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- English
- Institution
- Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Objective
The aim of this course is to enable students to develop deeper knowledge and skills in the field of finance. The students learn to obtain and refine financial data for analysis, to estimate key essential statistics parameters from data sets, to develop financial optimization models based on Modern Portfolio Theory and Capital Asset Pricing Model, and finally to construct an option's pricing simulation.
Content
Risk and return relationship in financial context. Portfolio theory, financial assets allocation, and optimization. Black-Scholes Model for options pricing.
Qualifications
Financial Management. Statistics and good Excel skills.
Materials
Various advanced articles, online demos, and finance books.
Evaluation
Completing a series of assignments mostly based on Excel.