Financial Engineering is a multidisciplinary field drawing from finance and economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering and computational methods. The emphasis of FE & RM Part I will be on the use of simple stochastic models to price derivative securities in various asset classes including equities, fixed income, credit and mortgage-backed securities. We will also consider the role that some of these asset classes played during the financial crisis. A notable feature of this course will be an interview module with Emanuel Derman, the renowned ``quant'' and best-selling author of "My Life as a Quant".
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Overview
An introduction to the course.
Introduction to Basic Fixed Income Securities
Review of interest and basic fixed income securities; introduction to arbitrage pricing.
Introduction to Derivative Securities
The mechanics of forwards, futures, swaps and options. Option pricing in the 1-period binomial model.
Option Pricing in the Multi-Period Binomial Model
Derivatives pricing in the binomial model including European and American options; handling dividends; pricing forwards and futures; convergence of the binomial model to Black-Scholes.
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TOP REVIEWS FROM FINANCIAL ENGINEERING AND RISK MANAGEMENT PART I
I have an engineering / numerics background and enjoyed this course very much. Good overview and comprehensive explanation of mathematical models of fixed income and equities as well as derivatives.
I appreciate how this course not only discusses the concepts in technical detail, but actually delves into the mathematics of the subject matter, and teaches how to actually do the actual work inv
Very well presented, structured and selected material, easy to follow, relevant and interesting. Quizz problems are well thought through and have a reasonable degree of difficulty and length.
The content of this course is apropiate for drive the finances and risk, We be lear more about this course I am Engenier in Sofware, the know of finances is aplicable in anyware software.
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