Finance Theory I

Photograph of several people standing around a computer terminal.

Trading in process on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (This image is in the public domain, found on Wikimedia Commons.)

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MIT Course Number

15.401

As Taught In

Fall 2008

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

This course introduces the core theory of modern financial economics and financial management, with a focus on capital markets and investments. Topics include functions of capital markets and financial intermediaries, asset valuation, fixed-income securities, common stocks, capital budgeting, diversification and portfolio selection, equilibrium pricing of risky assets, the theory of efficient markets, and an introduction to derivatives and options.

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Andrew Lo. 15.401 Finance Theory I. Fall 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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