Syllabus
Academic Integrity
Course Calendar
Course Outline
Course Requirements
Project Information
Grading Criteria
Reading List
Crosswords
UISES
Excel
Homework
Link to GRT
Financial Markets
Supplementary Material
Office Hours
Professors
Course Calendar
August 2013
September 2013
October 2013
November 2013
December 2013
Professor Elisabeth Oltheten
Calendars for Professors
J.
Finnerty
M.
Marcinkowski
E.
Oltheten
J.
Pinkstaff
M.K.
Smith
K.G.
Waspi
Common Calendar
Course Information
The schedule is subject to change as circumstance demands.
6/19/2013
August 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Homework 01 (Practice) begins
6am
27
[1]
1 - Financial Markets
28
29
[2]
2,3,4 - Portfolio Theory I
30
31
6/19/2013
September 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
[3]
5 - Portfolio Theory II
4
5
[4]
6&7 - Equities - Markets
Form Groups
Rosh Hashana
6
Rosh Hashana
Homework 01 (Graded) due
5pm
7
Homework 02 (Practice) begins
6am
8
9
10
[5]
8&9 - Equities - Margin & Short Sales
11
12
[6]
MidTerm Exam #1: Chapters 1-9
Equity Project Session
6:30 to 8:00pm
141 Wohlers hall
13
Homework 02 (Graded) due
5pm
14
Yom Kippur
Homework 03 (Practice) begins
6am
15
16
17
[7]
10 - Money Markets
18
19
[8]
11 - Money Markets
20
Homework 03 (Graded) due
5pm
21
Homework 04 (Practice) begins
6am
22
23
24
[9]
12 - Bond Prices & Yields
25
26
[10]
13 - Accrued Interest
27
Homework 04 (Graded) due
5pm
28
Homework 05 (Practice) begins
6am
29
30
6/19/2013
October 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
[11]
14 - Deriving Term Structures
UISES Trading Begins
2
Equity Projects Due (MW)
3
[12]
15 - Duration
Equity Projects Due (TTh)
Stewardship Session
6:30 to 8:00pm
141 Wohlers hall
4
Homework 05 (Graded) due
5pm
5
Homework 06 (Practice) begins
6am
6
7
8
[13]
16 - Immunization
9
10
[14]
MidTerm Exam #2: Chapters 10-16
11
Homework 06 (Graded) due
5pm
12
Homework 07 (Practice) begins
6am
13
14
15
[15]
17,18,19 - Government, Municipal, & Corporate Bonds - Calls
Eid al-Adha
16
17
[16]
19 - Corporate Bonds - Risk Structures
Stewardship #1 report due
18
Last day to drop a course
Homework 07 (Graded) due
5pm
19
Homework 08 (Practice) begins
6am
20
21
22
[17]
20 - Asset Backed Securities
23
24
[18]
21 - Futures & Clearing
Bond Project Session
6:30 to 8:00pm
100 Greg Hall
25
Homework 08 (Graded) due
5pm
26
Homework 09 (Practice) begins
6am
27
28
29
[19]
22 - Futures - Hedging
30
31
[20]
22 - Futures - Speculation & Arbitrage
6/19/2013
November 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Homework 09 (Graded) due
5pm
2
Homework 10 (Practice) begins
6am
3
Diwali
4
5
[21]
23 - Futures - Financial
6
7
[22]
Stewardship #2 report due
MidTerm Exam #3: Chapters 17-23
8
Homework 10 (Graded) due
5pm
9
Homework 11 (Practice) begins
6am
10
11
12
[23]
24 - Options
13
Bond Projects due (MW)
14
[24]
25 - Options Strategies
Bond Projects due (TTh)
15
Homework 11 (Graded) due
5pm
16
Homework 12 (Practice) begins
6am
17
18
19
[25]
25 - Options Strategies
20
21
[26]
26 - Options Pricing
22
Homework 12 (Graded) due
5pm
23
Homework 13 (Practice) begins
6am
24
25
26
27
28
Thanksgiving
29
30
UISES Trading ends
6/19/2013
December 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
[27]
27 - Interest Rate Swaps
4
5
[28]
27&28 - Currency Swaps & Market Innovation
6
Homework 13 (Graded) due
5pm
7
8
9
10
[29]
28 - Finale
11
12
Reading day
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Christmas
26
27
28
29
30
31
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