FIN 680 - Seminar in Derivatives

(3 units)

Prerequisite: FIN 501 and MBA majors in Finance specialization and MS Finance only. MBA Finance majors must also take FIN 650 and request Department Chair approval.
Topics may include futures markets, options markets, options on futures, trading strategies, volatilities and risk management, credit risk, credit and interest rate, swaps, energy and commodity derivatives, volatility derivatives, hedging and speculation, modeling and valuation, private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and derivative market regulation.

Letter grade only (A-F).