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Senior research, thesis option; by arrangement with a member of the department and the Honors Office.

This course will cover an overview of financial technology and its various applications. The specific topics include fintech and financial service, cryptocurrencies, peer-to-peer lending, machine learning, etc. The course has two major goals. The first will be to provide students with an opportunity to explore recent technological changes happening in financial services and learn business models of fintech companies through case studies. The second will be to help students learn empirical methods and analyze financial data using programming languages.

The objective of this course is to provide students with understanding of principals of securities trading and market structure. This course is targeted toward undergraduate students who are finance majors.

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Theoretical and practical aspects of creating and managing an investment portfolio. Topics in investments including options strategies, commodities and other futures markets, problems and performance of institutional investments. Quantitative solution techniques and performance measurement procedures.

Introduction to foreign exchange markets and currency regimes. Managing currency risk in international markets, and the use of hedging instruments, including currency derivatives.