ECON 10
A Practitioner's Overview of Securities Markets and Investment Banking Winter 2019

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A broad overview of various aspects of the Fixed Income and Equities Markets and the role of Investment Banks. Topics, amongst others, will include: The effect of Fiscal and Monetary policy on Markets, Securities Sales and Trading, Bonds and Bond Math, Public Equities and Asset Management, Credit Analysis, Private Equity and Leveraged Buy-outs, Mergers and Acquisitions and Risk Management. Course will focus on real life practices and will include guest speakers and case studies. Course Goal: (1) to provide you with an understanding of how modern capital markets operate from a practical, real-life perspective (2) to help you think critically about issues effecting the stock and bond markets, and (3) to have fun and instill a passion in some of you for future study and/or work in the Securities Industry. Required Readings: (1) Understanding Wall Street (Fifth Edition) by Jeffrey Little and Lucien Rhodes (2) Packet of Case Studies (3) Students will be asked to read the Wall Street Journal on the day that each class meets. Class will meet 3 days per week for 2-3 hours per meeting. Outside of class, students will spend time on readings, preparation for case studies, and writing term paper. Adjunct Instructor Bio: Tim Bock ’88 worked at Credit Suisse for 28 years where he ran Global Capital Markets, leading a unit of 250 Investment Bankers responsible for Credit Suisse’s global financing businesses, including equity capital markets, debt capital markets, leveraged finance origination and corporate derivatives. Tim held several other leadership roles at CS, including Global Co-head of the Product platform in the Private Bank and Head of Derivatives Origination in the Equity and Fixed Income Departments.
The Class: Format: mornings
Limit: 20
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will be based on Group Case Study (oral presentation), 5-page term paper (topic TBD); class participation
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: If overenrolled, priority will be based on written statement of interest
Materials/Lab Fee: cost of books

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