Key words
Stock Exchange and Investments, IWETO-code: S181 Financial Sciences
Objectives
- The student has to gain insight in the market of capital
- He has to know and use the appropriate terminology
- He learns the different sorts of financial assets that are traded on the financial markets
- The function of the stock exchange on the market of capital is made clear
- He learns how to collect information regarding a subject that is continually evolving
- He learns to take on a critical attitude towards the offered information
- He learns to think in a problem-solving way and learns to check the theory to the practise
- Through guided self-study he develops skills and attitudes like for instance working independently, sense of teamwork, accuracy and working under stress, flexibility and assertiveness
Topics
- Market of capital
- Investments with fixed interest on short term
- Obligations and markets of obligations
- Stocks and stock exchanges
- Derived products (options, futures, warrants, convertible obligations and reversal convertibles)
- Certificates of real estate
- Investment trusts and trackers
Prerequisites
Calculation of interest and basic knowledge of economy.
Final Objectives
Knowledge
Job-related (specific):- Knowledge of the professional literature in the field of finances
- Knowledge of carriers of information and instances that collect information: libraries, multimedia
- Knowledge of the financial products, their possibilities and limitations
- Knowledge of the technical terminology
- Knowledge of the market of capital and the function of the stock exchange
Skills
General:- Thinking and reasoning power
- Working independently
- Updating knowledge
- Consulting sources
- Acquiring and assimilating information
Specific:- Judging the offered knowledge (being critical)
- Analysing information and tracing anomalies
- Handling numerical data
- Thinking in an analytical and problem-solving way
Job-related (specific):- Follow the financial and economical topicality through professional literature
- Follow the quickly evolving legislation and check whether the information is correct, complete and up-to-date
Attitudes
General:- Sense of co-operation
- Precision and accuracy
Job-related (general):- Flexibility
- Assertiveness
- Immune for stress
Materials used
- Syllabus of the lecturer.
- De Tijd
- Financial websites
- Practical exercises
- Extra muros activities and possibly guest lecturers.
Study costs
Syllabus at the unit price determined under Hogeschool rules.
Costs linked to the possible extra muros activities and lecturers.
Study guidance
The students can ask the lecturer individual questions.
Guided self-learning is provided.
Teaching Methods
Lectures supplemented by method of question-and-answer and guided self-learning.
Assessment
- First exam session: 100% written exam
- Second exam session: 100% written exam
Students only enrolled for taking the exams:- First exam session: 100% written exam
- Second exam session: 100% written exam
Lecturer(s)
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