MATH 424 (Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance)
| DESCRIPTION |
Introduction to the basic concepts in
mathematical finance for
undergraduate students with strong mathematical background. The focus
is on mathematical methods in
pricing of derivative securities, portfolio management and on related
questions of mathematical finance. |
| PREREQUISITES |
Prerequisites:
MATH 141; and either STAT 400 or BMGT 231.
Recommended: MATH 240, 241
or 246; and BMGT 343.
|
| TOPICS |
From a recent course outline:
A Random Walk Down the Wall Street
Financial Markets and Instruments
Interest Rates and Present Value Analysis
Normal Distribution of Stock Returns
Introduction to Option Pricing
Capital Asset Pricing Model and Arbitrage Pricing Theory
The Multi-period Binomial Model
The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Formula and its Proof
Applications of the Black-Scholes Formula
Trading and Hedging of Options
Utility Functions and Portfolio Theory
Bond Mathematics
Interest Rate Derivatives and Related Models
Risk Measurement and Risk Management
|
| NOTE ! |
The course BMGT 343 is an introduction to
investments, covering the many investment instruments in use today.
This course is not necessary for the mathematics of MATH 424, but BMGT
343 provides real-world context and motivation for MATH 424, and is a
valuable course in its own right. BMGT 343 is available to non-BMGT
majors only on a space available basis: in the summer, and in the
academic year from hold files (after BMGT majors are served).
BMGT 220-221-340 are prerequisites for BMGT 343, but students may take
BMGT 343 (given space available as above) on a caveat-emptor basis
without the prerequisites. Part of the reason for these three
prerequisites to BMGT 343 is the need in BMGT to manage course
sequencing for their majors; our experience is that a good student in
math or the sciences can do well in BMGT 343 without the prequisites.
|
| TEXT |
Text(s)
typically used in this course. |
|
