Mercados e Investimentos Financeiros

Código:

2FI02

Sigla:

MFI

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
OFICIAL	Estudos de Gestão

Ocorrência: 2012/2013 - 1S

Ativa?	Sim
Unidade Responsável:	Agrupamento Científico de Gestão
Curso/CE Responsável:	Mestrado em Finanças

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
MIF	79	Plano de estudos 2012/2013	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

This course is designed to provide an understanding of financial markets and of the securities that are traded on them.
A well-functioning financial markets are a basic necessity for a well-functioning economy. Research in the area of financial markets is highly active and deals with issues continuously in the news and the subject of lively policy debate.
The first part of the course will discuss the basic role of financial markets, the types of financial assets and how they are traded. The second part will cover the main strategies that investors can adopt. The working and regulatory environment affecting the financial investors will also be delineated. Finally, in the last part of the course, we will examine some of the long-term trends in the financial markets.
Students successfully completing this course should have the necessary tools and understanding of the financial markets operations and the functions of financial markets in the economy.

Programa

1. Introduction to the Financial Markets
1.1. Importance of the financial markets
1.2. The financial system
1.3. Functioning of the financial markets

2. Financial Investments
2.1. Money market instruments
2.2. Bonds
2.3. Stocks
2.4. Other financial investments

3. Equilibrium in Financial Markets
3.1. Concepts of market efficiency
3.2. The importance of market efficiency
3.3. Tests of market efficiency and anomalies
3.4. Current trends in finance

4. Investors, Strategies and Regulation
4.1. Investors’ decisions
4.2. The investment process
4.3. Regulation

5. Investing in Financial Markets: the Empirical Evidence
5.1. The historical returns of bonds and stocks
5.2. Long-term risk

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

The class will be a mixture of lecture and discussion. Theories, practices, and real-world examples will be examined and analyzed.

Tipo de avaliação

Avaliação distribuída com exame final

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

Distributed evaluation with final exam.

Grades will be based on the final exam (65%) and on the group work with final presentation (35%).

The students are required to have done the group work in order to have access to the final exam (article 9, n. 1, a) of the grading rules).