Código: | 2MiF02 | Sigla: | MFI |
Áreas Científicas | |
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Classificação | Área Científica |
OFICIAL | Estudos de Gestão |
Ativa? | Sim |
Curso/CE Responsável: | Mestrado em Finanças |
Sigla | Nº de Estudantes | Plano de Estudos | Anos Curriculares | Créditos UCN | Créditos ECTS | Horas de Contacto | Horas Totais |
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ME | 13 | Plano Oficial a partir de 2021-2022 | 2 | - | 6 | 42 | 162 |
MIF | 43 | Plano Oficial a partir de 2020-2021 | 1 | - | 6 | 42 | 162 |
Docente | Responsabilidade |
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Júlio Fernando Seara Sequeira da Mota Lobão | Regente |
Teorico-Prática: | 3,00 |
Tipo | Docente | Turmas | Horas |
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Teorico-Prática | Totais | 1 | 3,00 |
Júlio Fernando Seara Sequeira da Mota Lobão | 3,00 |
This course is designed to provide an understanding of financial markets and the securities traded on them.
Well-functioning financial markets are fundamental institutions in a modern economy. Research in financial markets is highly active, deals with issues continuously in the news, and is the subject of lively policy debate.
The first part of the course will discuss the fundamental 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 completing this course should have the necessary tools and understanding of the financial markets' operations and the functions of financial markets in the economy.
Students completing this course should be able to:
1) identify the main financial markets and instruments and describe their main functions and characteristics;
2) discuss the evidence in the scientific literature on the main variables that describe the functioning of financial markets (prices, trading volumes, etc.)
3)apply the various concepts of market efficiency based on analyzing the evolution of financial prices.
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. Stocks
2.4. Other financial investments
3. Equilibrium in Financial Markets
3.1. Concepts of market efficiency
3.2. Two views about financial markets
3.3. Tests of market efficiency and anomalies
3.4. Current trends in finance
4. Investors, Investment Strategies, and Regulation
4.1. Investors’ decisions
4.2. Investment strategies
4.3. Regulation of financial markets
5. Investing in Financial Markets: the Empirical Evidence
5.1. The historical returns of bonds and stocks
5.2. Long-term risk
The class will be a mixture of lectures and discussions. Theories, practices, and real-world examples will be examined and analyzed.
Designação | Peso (%) |
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Teste | 65,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 35,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designação | Tempo (Horas) |
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Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico | 10,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 90,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 42,00 |
Trabalho de investigação | 20,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Grades will be based on the exam (65%) and the group work with the final presentation (35%). The student has to get a minimum grade of 6.5 in this exam to be approved.
The students must have done the group work to have access to the exam (article 9, n. 1, a) of the grading rules).