Financial Market Analysis

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You will become familiar with the term structure of interest rates, a key ingredient in establishing benchmark rates used to price market securities and a valuable tool for monetary policy design and diagnosis.

You’ll gain an understanding of the firm fundamentals that can explain why a stock price may go up or down or why it might be higher for one company in comparison to another. You will be able to apply these fundamentals at the economy-wide level to analyze the valuations of the stock market as a whole.

Finally, you will gain insight into investors’ decisions. You’ll explore the main criteria an investor uses to determine how to construct the best possible portfolio of risky assets. You will also adopt the perspective of a policymaker interested in understanding how monetary policy affects financial investments’ risk and return properties.

In short, the course is designed to provide a common language in finance, thus allowing you to interpret and analyze financial data. It will also provide you with a foundation upon which you can proceed to more advanced or policy-oriented training in areas in which macroeconomics and finance meet.