This course provides a comprehensive introduction to derivative contracts and their pay-offs and basic pricing and how they are used to manage risk or speculate in financial markets. Course presents forward and futures contracts, option contracts, and swap contracts.
prereq: CSOM mjr; FINA 3001 or FINA 3001H or APEC 3501; FINA 4121 or FINA 4121H; FINA 4321 or FINA 4321H