FIN 640 - Financial Markets and Institutions

Units: 3
The U.S. financial system. Topics include Federal Reserve mandates of monetary policy and inflation; money and mortgage markets; risk management and techniques in financial institutions; and issues leading up to financial crises.

Prerequisites: FIN 605.
Equivalent Quarter Course: FIN 6320.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe, understand, and apply contemporary financial measures of risk management and performance.
Understand the role and determinants of interest rates and interaction of interest rates with the money supply as controlled by the Federal Reserve System.
Evaluate the economic environment and the impact of regulatory policies on consumers and financial institutions.
Evaluate the various markets for securities (including money markets, bond markets, mortgage markets, foreign exchange markets, derivative markets) and its role in financial markets.
Understand recent trends in the industry and causes of financial crises.