Study programmeFrançais
Introduction to Market Finance
Programme component of Master's Degree in Management à la Warocqué School of Business and Economics
CodeTypeHead of UE Department’s
contact details
Teacher(s)
UW-MC-SCGEST-006-MCompulsory UECROQUET MélanieW751 - Finance
  • CROQUET Mélanie

Language
of instruction
Language
of assessment
HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) CreditsWeighting Term
  • Français
Français20100004.004.00

AA CodeTeaching Activity (AA) HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term Weighting
W-FINA-025Introduction to Market Finance2010000Q2100.00%
Unité d'enseignement

Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

  • Mobilise expertise in at least one area of management.
    • Master the principal decision-making processes of a company.
  • Professionally communicate and present original work both orally and in writing.
    • Communicate and interact in a clear and structured manner, orally and in writing, on issues, analyses and projects.
    • Present and structure data in a clear, precise, neutral, and non-oriented way.
  • Act in an international and multicultural context.
    • Assimilate the components of the social and economic environment of a company.
  • Collaborate within a team and exercise leadership.
    • Listen to team members and encourage expressing a shared opinion. Accept and discuss a different point of view than theirs.
    • Plan activities so as to best utilise the time available.
  • In an active and integrated manner, master knowledge in the various fields of management and use them effectively in a professional context.
    • Integrate highly specialised knowledge in different fields of management.
    • Appropriately mobilise expertise taking into account the constraints and resources in the situation encountered.
  • Be independent and regularly adapt to new contexts.
    • Demonstrate independence and persevere, despite the difficulties or initial errors, to find an optimal solution.
    • Assess their practices and be able to question it.
  • Understand interactions between companies and their socio-economic environments.
    • Master and appropriately mobilise knowledge and methodological approaches to understand and explain interactions between companies and their environment.
    • Assimilate the components of the social and economic environment of a company.
    • Mobilise the methods and management support tools in changing contexts.

Learning Outcomes of UE

Understand the importance and the role of financial markets in our economic environment.<br style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" />Understand the functioning of financial markets.<br style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" />Learn about the management of portfolio.<br style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" />Being capable of approaching the decision of investment and the formation of stock market prices on financial markets according to the neo-classic theory and to the behavioral finance.<br style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" />Manage a fictitious portfolio of securities in a short-term optics<br style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" />Being capable of working in a group <br style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" />Being capable of understanding the stock-exchange current events of companies and its impact on the evolution of the stock market price

Content of UE

See descriptive learning activity - Introduction to Finance of  Market

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

  • N/A

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

  • Presentation and works
  • Written examination

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Written examination with a theoretical part and a part exercises (80%)+ personnal works (20%)

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

  • Presentation and works
  • Written examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Written examination with a part theory and a part exercise: 100 % unless the student did not obtain a note(mark) of at least 10/20 in each of the works. In this case, the student will have to represent the works for which he would not have obtained 10/20 besides the written examination.

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

  • N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

AAType of Teaching Activity/Activities
W-FINA-025
  • Cours magistraux
  • Travaux pratiques

Mode of delivery

AAMode of delivery
W-FINA-025
  • Mixed

Required Reading

AA
W-FINA-025

Required Learning Resources/Tools

AARequired Learning Resources/Tools
W-FINA-025Kahneman D. & Tversky A. (1979), "Prospect Theory : An analysis of Decision Under Risk", Econometrica, 47, pp.263-291
Lintner J. (1965), «The Valuation of Risk Assets and Selection of Risky Investments in Stock Portfolios and Capital Budgets », Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol.47, pp.13-37.
Markowitz H. (1952), «Portfolio Selection », Journal of Finance, vol. 7, mars, pp. 77-91.
Mossin J. (1966), «Equilibrium in a Capital Market», Econometrica, Vol.34, pp.768-783
Sharpe W.F. (1963), "A Simplified Model for Portfolio Analysis", MAnagement Science, janvier, 277-293
Sharpe W.F. (1964), «Capital Asset Prices: A Theory of Market Equilibrium Under Conditions of Risk », Journal of Finance, vol.19, n°3, pp.425-442

Recommended Reading

AA
W-FINA-025

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

AARecommended Learning Resources/Tools
W-FINA-025Not applicable

Other Recommended Reading

AAOther Recommended Reading
W-FINA-025Not applicable

Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next

AAGrade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
W-FINA-025Autorisé
Date de génération : 17/03/2017
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