0IBUSY11 - Financial Markets

Professor: Michey RUIMY Course level: L3 undergraduate

Contact information: Domain: Management
Teaching language: English
Department: International affairs Number of in-class hours: 36
Semester: 2 Number of course sessions: 11 + Exam
ECTS: 6

Course description and objectives

This class focuses on the structural aspects (financial products, actors...) of the financial markets (bonds
market, monetary market, stocks market...). This course is designed for students who wish to extend
further their economic and financial knowledge.
The form adopted for this teaching is “course – seminar” featuring one part with course on the basic
principles and theories and some practical exercises (Most topics are introduced via the lecture method
that will then covered in more detail through exercises done in class)

Objectives: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to financial markets in its main domains as
strategy, the impact of the economic environment… but also well understand the basic principles such as
interest rate, loans and their amortization, investment choice, the decision to invest…
The use of a computer and an Excel spreadsheet will be developed in the tutorials

Prerequisites
N/A

Learning outcomes
By the end of this unit, students will be able to describe the characteristics of the different financial
markets and to know to manipulate the main tools and notions of these capital markets.

Assignments and grading

• Class works (continuous assessment): 50% of the final score
o The mid-term exam counts for 25% of the final grade.
o Individual Assignment count for 15% of the final grade. Individual work consists in a group work
presentation about an economic of financial question that students work out and hand to the
others students. Press reviews also will be asked.
o Class participation: 10% of the final grade.
• Final exam: 50% of the final score.

The numerical grade distribution will dictate the final grade. The passing grade for a course is 10/20.

Class participation: Active class participation – this is what makes classes lively and instructive. Come
on time and prepared. Class participation is based on quality of comments, not quantity.
Exam policy: In the exam, students will not be allowed to bring any document (except if allowed by the
lecturer). Unexcused absences from exams or failure to submit cases will result in zero grades in the
calculation of numerical averages. Exams are collected at the end of examination periods.

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Course structure

Session Topic
Mutual acquaintance. Constitution of the different groups of students and distribution of
1 the various presentations and press reviews
Presentation of the financial markets
2 The interest rates and their different methods of calculation
3 The bonds markets (risks, yield rate curve…)
4 The different types of bonds and their amortization
5 The invest choice and the decision of invest
6 MID TERM EXAM
7 The stocks market
8 The monetary market and monetary policy
9 The FOREX
10 The derivative products markets (I)
11 The derivative products markets (II)
12 Final Exam

MyCourse
This course is on MyCourse: No

Academic integrity
Be aware of the rules in Université Paris Dauphine about plagiarism and cheating during exams. All work
turned in for this course must be your own work, or that of your own group. Working as part of a group
implies that you are an active participant and fully contributed to the output produced by that group.

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Academic calendar

Dates International
(Monday/Sunday) Affairs courses

Welcome Week +
06/01/20 12/01/20
French seminar
13/01/20 19/01/20 1
20/01/20 26/01/20 2
27/01/20 02/02/20 3
03/02/20 09/02/20 4
10/02/20 16/02/20 5
17/02/20 23/02/20 Holidays
24/02/20 01/03/20 6
02/03/20 08/03/20 7
09/03/20 15/03/20 8
16/03/20 22/03/20 9
23/03/20 29/03/20 10
30/03/20 05/04/20 11
06/04/20 12/04/20
Holidays
13/04/20 19/04/20
20/04/20 26/04/20 Exams
27/04/20 03/05/20
4/05/20 10/05/20