Study programme 2018-2019Français
Introduction to Market Finance
Programme component of Master's Degree in Management à la Warocqué School of Business and Economics
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Teacher(s)
UW-MC-SCIGES-006-MCompulsory UECROQUET MélanieW751 - Finance
  • CROQUET Mélanie

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HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) CreditsWeighting Term
  • Français
Français201000033.002nd term

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

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.
Understand the functioning of financial markets.
Learn about the management of portfolio.
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.
Manage a fictitious portfolio of securities in a short-term optics
Being capable of working in a group 
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 Q2

  • Presentation and/or works
  • Oral Examination
  • Written examination

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Written examination with a theoretical part and a part exercises (80%)+ personnal works (20%). An oral examination is possible.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

  • Presentation and/or works
  • Oral examination
  • 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. An oral examination is possible.

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-025Authorized
(*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term
Date de génération : 02/05/2019
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