Global Financial Markets module (BU51013)

This module will develop your understanding of the behaviour of financial agents and the workings of global financial markets within the framework of modern finance theory. Topics include the time value of money and discounted cash flow analysis; theories of the yield curve and bond valuation; risk-return trade-off and mean-variance portfolio theory; Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Market Hypothesis; alternative approaches to stock valuation and financial ratio analysis; influence of corporate dividend policy and capital structure on stock pricing.