MGMT 6240
Financial Trading and Investing
PowerPoint Slides, Spreadsheets and Textbook
PowerPoint slides are available for all sections of the course and Excel spreadsheets are available for most chapters and for mathematics review material. These Excel spreadsheets complement materials in the text, and both PowerPoint slides and spreadsheets are arranged by chapters. Some of the worksheets illustrate examples in the text, some illustrate additional examples and others illustrate problems from ends of chapters. Also, you can link to corrections and notes concerning textbook errata here.

I.          INTRODUCTION TO SECURITIES TRADING AND MARKETS
                    I.    PowerPoint Slides

II.        MARKETS AND TRADING PROCESSES
                    II.   PowerPoint Slides

III.       INSTITUTIONAL TRADING
                    III.  PowerPoint Slides

                    III.  Spreadsheets 

IV.       Skip

V.         INFORMATION, TRADING AND SPREADS

                    V.     PowerPoint Slides

                    V.     Spreadsheets 

VI.       RANDOM WALKS, RISK AND ARBITRAGE

                    VI.  PowerPoint Slides

                    VI.  Spreadsheets 

VII.     ARBITRAGE AND HEDGING WITH FIXED INCOME INSTRUMENTS AND CURRENCIES

                    VII.  PowerPoint Slides

                    VII.  Spreadsheets 

VIII.    ARBITRAGE AND HEDGING WITH OPTIONS

                    VIII. PowerPoint Slides

                    VII. Spreadsheets 

IX.       EVALUATING TRADING STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE

                    IX.  PowerPoint Slides

                    IX.  Spreadsheets 


X.        THE MIND OF THE INVESTOR

                    X.   PowerPoint Slides

                    X.   Spreadsheets 


XI.       MARKET EFFICIENCY

                     XI.  PowerPoint Slides

                     XI.  Spreadsheets 

XII.    TRADING GONE AWRY (Covered as time permits)

                    XII.  PowerPoint Slides

QUANTITATIVE PRELIMINARIES

                    Appendix Spreadsheets 

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updated 09/25/12