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IIMBx: FC213x Equity Stock Markets: Concepts, Instruments, Risks and Derivatives

WELCOME TO 'EQUITY STOCK MARKETS: CONCEPTS, INSTRUMENTS, RISKS AND DERIVATIVES' COURSE!

Syllabus

This page will guide you through the course syllabus and provide important information related to this course. resources along with the deadlines related to each week's assessments.

Happy Learning!!

Note: Course-related dates are subject to change. Please visit the Course page to view the latest dates.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of statistics and mathematics concepts is recommended. Knowledge of basic finance would be an advantage.

Course Agenda

  COURSE AGENDA

WeekSection NameTopics CoveredStart Date
0 Welcome to the Course!
  • Professional Certificate Program: The Road Map
  • Course at a Glance
  • Meet the Team
  • Pre-course Survey
  • Introduce Yourself to the Virtual Classroom

26th October 2018

(03:30 UTC)
1 Overview of Equity Stock Markets
  • Overview and Planner for Week 1
  • Financial Markets: An Overview 
  • Equity Stock Market: An Overview
  • Estimating the Price of Equity Stocks
  • Equity Stock Market: Market Mechanism
  • Equity Stock Market: Indices and Regulatory Mechanism
  • Summary and Additional Readings
  • Quiz Time: Weekly Graded Assessment 1

26th October 2018

(03:30 UTC)
2 Underlying Theories Governing Equity Stock Markets
  • Overview and Planner for Week 2
  • Fundamental Analysis
  • Technical Analysis
  • Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis
  • Moving Averages
  • Dow Theory
  • Elliot Wave Theory
  • Summary and Additional Readings
  • Quiz Time: Weekly Graded Assessment 2

02nd November 2018

(03:30 UTC)
3 Equity Risk and Portfolio Theories
  • Overview and Planner for Week 3
  • Equity Risk : An Overview
  • Introduction to Portfolio Theory
  • Portfolio Theory - CAL and CML
  • Portfolio Theory - SML and CAPM
  • Evaluating Equity Portfolio using Sharpe Ratio, Treynor Ratio and Jensen's Alpha
  • Summary and Additional Readings
  • Quiz Time: Weekly Graded Assessment 3

09th November 2018

(03:30 UTC)
4

Hedging Using Derivatives in Equity Stock Markets
  • Overview and Planner for Week 4
  • Derivatives in Equity Market
  • Hedging Using Stock Futures
  • Hedging Using Index Futures
  • Hedging Using a Single Option
  • Multiple Options and Trading Strategies
  • Summary and Additional Readings
  • Quiz Time: Weekly Graded Assessment 4

16th November 2018

(03:30 UTC)
5 VaR, Margins, Private Equity Market and Venture Capital
  • Overview and Planner for Week 5
  • VaR (Value at Risk)
  • Computing and Enforcing Margins
  • Private Equity Market
  • Venture Capital
  • Summary and Additional Readings
  • Quiz Time: Weekly Graded Assessment 5

23rd November 2018

(03:30 UTC)
6 Final Exam for the Course
  • Final Exam Instructions
  • Final Exam: FAQ
  • Final Exam: Knowledge Check

30th November 2018

(03:30 UTC)

Time Commitment

  TIME COMMITMENT

Course Length:

      • 6 weeks (5 weeks of content and 1 week for the final exam).
      • Each week is released across the globe on Friday, 03:30 UTC.

Weekly Commitment

4-5 hours per week. This includes the time spent in going through the course materials (videos and reading materials), taking up the assessment(s) and participating in the discussion forums.

Grading Scheme

Grading Scheme

The course follows an End of Week assessment scheme, which consists of multiple choice questions and scenario-based questions. There are five weekly graded assessments and one final exam in this course. The score from each of these assessment will contribute to the final score, which you can track using the Progress tab.

Note: The ungraded assessments are interspersed throughout the course to recall what you have learnt so far. These do not count for final assessments and will not show up on the Progress tab.

WeekWeightageStart DateDue Date
1 12% 26th Oct 2018, 3:30 hours UTC 29th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC
2 12% 02nd Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC 29th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC
3 12% 09th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC 29th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC
4 12% 16th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC 29th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC
5 12% 23rd Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC 29th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC
Final Exam 40% 30th Nov 2018, 3:30 hours UTC 07th Dec 2018, 3:30 hours UTC

Academic Code of Conduct

Academic Code of Conduct

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Note

      • Many of these dates are dynamic and subject to change during the course run. Please be sure to visit the Course Home page and refer to your weekly course email for any change in any of the dates listed above.
      • As you work through your course, you’ll see dates and times when new materials are released and when assignments and exams are due. It’s important to remember that edX lists all times in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), 24-hour format.