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Financial Economics EC4024 2009
Dr Stephen [email protected]
www.stephenkinsella.nettwitter.com/stephenkinsella
What’s this course about?
• Markets
• Macroeconomics
• Finance/Public Policy
• Meltdowns & the Future of the Financial System
You’ll learn
You’ll learn
1. How to read the financial pages
2. How to comment intelligently on current affairs
3. Understand & Critique Basic Models
4. Some econophysics & real market data
5. Trading Simulations & Experiments
6. Working with Real Data
Last Year’s Course
Introduction
Markets & Finance Risk & Uncertainty
Portfolio Analysis
CAPM APT EMH
Options, Futures, BS
Behavioural Finance
Prob. Theory
“Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.”-Thomas Hardy
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7000
^ISEQ, Irish Stock Exchange, 1999---?
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
10000
5000
3000
7000
^ISEQ, Irish Stock Exchange, 1999---?
This Year’s Course
Intro/Data
Structure of System Physical Descriptions
Crisis/Options
CAPM APT EMH
Behavioural Finance
Lab Tim
e / Experiments
“Other”
Stuff I expect you to know from EC4004
Marginal AnalysisDescription of Households & FirmsTheory of the Business CycleGame Theory
stephenkinsella.net/teaching
Grading
PS1 10% (Due week 4)
PS2 10% (Due week 8)
PS2 10% (Due week 10)
Final Exam 70%
Materials
Course Page on stephenkinsella.net/
Regular Blog Posts, links to media
Textbook, Pilbeam, Finance & Financial Markets, 50 Copies in Bookshop, 2 on 3hr reserve in Library.
Mini Presentations
Email by 5pm TODAY if you don’t want to be a volunteer
PRIZE FOR ORIGINALITY:
100 EUROS
Policies
Do reading before class
Do exercises in notes
Show up to lectures, check site daily.
Email whenever, but...
Don’t send me text messages!
Read Pilbeam, Cht 1& Lecture Notes on
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