FBE 524 - Money and Capital Markets, Fall 2005
Course Materials Additional Resources
Syllabus/Course Outline 2000 Midterm Exam Optional Topic Reading
Data Sources 2001 Midterm w/Answers 2003 Midterm (no answers)
Acrobat Reader 2002 Midterm w/Answers 2004 Midterm (no answers)
Group Peer Evaluation 2000 Final Exam 2003 Final 2004 Final
San Francisco Trip Schedule (REV) Midterm (2005) w/Answers 2005 WSJ Article List
Lecture Materials Jump to Sept. 14 21 28 Oct. 1 5 12 19 26 Nov. 2 9 16 23 30
| Class Date | Topic | Readings | Lecture Materials |
| August 24 | Financial System Overview and the Flow of Funds | Text, Chapters 1 to 3 | Objectives Week 1 |
| August 31 | Deposit-Taking Institutions | Text, Chapters 14, 15 | Objectives Week 2 |
| September 7 | Class rescheduled to Saturday, October 1, 2005, 9am to 12noon | ||
| Non-Bank Financial Institutions | Text, Chapter 16 | Objectives Week 3 | |
| Financial Institution Regulation | Text, Chapters 4 and 17 | Objectives Week 4 | |
| Interest Rates: Basic Determinants | Text, Chapters 5, 6 | Objectives Week 5 | |
| October 1 | The Term Structure of Interest Rates | Text, Chapter 7 | Objectives Week 6 |
| October 5 | Modeling Interest Rates | Fama and Bliss | Objectives Week 7 |
| October 12 | Risk Premiums in Interest Rates | Text, Chapter 8
TAKE HOME EXAMINATION GIVEN |
Objectives Week 8 |
| October 19 | Measuring and Managing Interest Rate Risk | Text, Chapter 9
TAKE HOME EXAMINATION DUE |
Objectives Week 9 |
| October 26 | The Money Market | Text, Chapters 10, 11
Browse Instruments of Money Market (on course data page) |
Objectives Week 10 |
| November 2 | Money Market Instruments | Text, Chapter 18 | Objectives Week 11 |
| November 9 | Monetary Policy: Deliberation and Implementation | Text. Chapters 12, 13 | Objectives Week 12 |
| November 16 | The Fixed Income Market: Government Issuers | Text, Chapters 18 | Objectives Week 13 |
| November 23 | Corporate Debt and Corporate Equity Markets | Text, Chapters 19, 20 | Objectives Week 14 |
| November 30 | The Fixed Income Market: Consumer Debt | Text, Chapters 21
and 22
GROUP PROJECT DUE |
Objectives Week 15 |
| December 7 | FINAL EXAMINATION 7:00 to 9:00pm | Peer Review Form | |