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ES50122: Financial markets

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Economics
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 20%, EX 80%
Assessment Detail:
  • CW1 Group Problem set 20% (CW 20%)
  • Exam 80% (EX 80%)
Supplementary Assessment:
ES50122 - Re-assessment 100% Exam (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take ES50114
Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is to provide students with an overview of investment and trading decisions in financial markets.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this unit, the student should be able to:
* Assesses the investment decisions of individuals;
* Evaluate the efficiency of markets;
* use a range of techniques to value stocks;
* Analyse trading strategies in financial markets.

Skills:
Intellectual Skills
* the facility to apply subject-specific knowledge into a range of complex situations; TFA
* a critical awareness of current issues and frameworks in financial markets; F
* the ability to acquire and analyse data, information and situations; to evaluate relevance and validity, and to synthesise it in the context of financial markets problems; FA
Professional Practical Skills
* evaluate the current standing of theories and empirical evidence; TFA
* operate effectively both independently as well as within teams and assume leadership roles where appropriate; FA
* be self-directed and able to act autonomously in planning and implementing. F
Transferable/Key Skills
* ability to conduct in-depth research into financial markets problems. FA
Personal/Interpersonal
* the facility to communicate including presenting and marketing themselves and their ideas. FA

Content:
Efficient markets, Investment decisions, asset allocation, stock valuation, trading strategies.
Programme availability:

ES50122 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department of Economics
  • THES-AFM14 : MSc Applied Economics with Banking & Financial Markets

ES50122 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Economics

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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  • Postgraduates: .