Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester Course Number Course Name Phase Credits Hours Required/Elective Instructor Class Student NO. Withdraw Note

Spring Semester
Year 2025 341324 Financial Markets 1 3.0 3 ▲ Chung, Chien-Ping 4IFM2A 73 1 先鋒404

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Spring Semester Year 2025	341324	Financial Markets	1	3.0	3	▲	Chung, Chien-Ping	4IFM2A	73	1	先鋒404

Course Plan：

Instructor Chung, Chien-Ping　Office Hours

Email thomas6311@mail.ntut.edu.tw

Last Updated 2024-12-17 23:57:45

Course Objective A well-functioning financial system is a basic necessity for a well-functioning economy. The critical importance of the financial system leads society to both support the growth of the system and to protect and control the system through legislation and regulation. The course gives the introduction to financial markets. The main topics of the course are portfolio selection, equilibrium asset pricing, arbitrage, fixed income securities, and derivatives. Students should understand the many trade-offs involved in balancing those objectives. In addition, this course also introduces the international financial markets (i.e. money market, bond market, stock market, mortgage market, foreign exchange market, investment banks, commercial banks…etc). The objectives of this course are to develop a fundamental understanding of (i) how financial markets work; (ii) how financial systems affect people and daily life.

Course Schedule Week Course Content and Schedule 01 Introduction 02 Determinants of Interest Rates (Part 1.) 03 Determinants of Interest Rates (Part 2.) 04 Interest Rates and Security Valuation (Part 1.) 05 Interest Rates and Security Valuation (Part 2.) 06 The Federal Reserve System, Monetary Policy, and Interest Rates 07 Money Markets (Part 1.) 08 Money Markets (Part 2.) 09 Mid-term Exam 10 Bond Markets (Part 1.) 11 Bond Markets (Part 2.) 12 Mortgage Markets 13 Stock Markets (Part 1.) 14 Stock Markets (Part 2.) 15 Foreign Exchange Markets (Part 1.) 16 Foreign Exchange Markets (Part 2.) 17 Derivative Securities Markets 18 Final Exam

Evaluation and grading policy Your grade will be determined by three components: Class Participation and Homework Assignments 40% Mid-term Exam 30% Final Exam 30%

Materials All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.

Foreign-language textbooks:Yes
Text Book Financial Markets and Institutions 8th Edition (International Edition, 2021) Author: Anthony Saunders (Author), Marcia Cornett (Author), Otgo Erhemjamts Recommended Reading: The Economist, a weekly international news magazine.

The access to curricular consultation Office Hours
因應學校三教整修工程施作，本(112-2)學期日間部於普通教室授課之課程，將配合總務處施工期程，自6月8日起實施線上教學至6月22日止。
後兩週教學老師會將教學影片上傳至YouTube，供大家觀看，學習！
期末考時間會在上課時宣布！
老師E-mail：thomas6311@mail.ntut.edu.tw

The course corresponds to the SDGs SDG9：產業創新與基礎設施（Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure）
SDG12：負責任的消費與生產（Responsible Consumption and Production）

Does the course incorporate AI

Note
Classroom Dynamics

Class attendance is valuable. You should try your best to come to every lecture.

Instructor	Chung, Chien-Ping　Office Hours
Email	thomas6311@mail.ntut.edu.tw
Last Updated	2024-12-17 23:57:45
Course Objective	A well-functioning financial system is a basic necessity for a well-functioning economy. The critical importance of the financial system leads society to both support the growth of the system and to protect and control the system through legislation and regulation. The course gives the introduction to financial markets. The main topics of the course are portfolio selection, equilibrium asset pricing, arbitrage, fixed income securities, and derivatives. Students should understand the many trade-offs involved in balancing those objectives. In addition, this course also introduces the international financial markets (i.e. money market, bond market, stock market, mortgage market, foreign exchange market, investment banks, commercial banks…etc). The objectives of this course are to develop a fundamental understanding of (i) how financial markets work; (ii) how financial systems affect people and daily life.
Course Schedule	Week Course Content and Schedule 01 Introduction 02 Determinants of Interest Rates (Part 1.) 03 Determinants of Interest Rates (Part 2.) 04 Interest Rates and Security Valuation (Part 1.) 05 Interest Rates and Security Valuation (Part 2.) 06 The Federal Reserve System, Monetary Policy, and Interest Rates 07 Money Markets (Part 1.) 08 Money Markets (Part 2.) 09 Mid-term Exam 10 Bond Markets (Part 1.) 11 Bond Markets (Part 2.) 12 Mortgage Markets 13 Stock Markets (Part 1.) 14 Stock Markets (Part 2.) 15 Foreign Exchange Markets (Part 1.) 16 Foreign Exchange Markets (Part 2.) 17 Derivative Securities Markets 18 Final Exam
Evaluation and grading policy	Your grade will be determined by three components: Class Participation and Homework Assignments 40% Mid-term Exam 30% Final Exam 30%
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:Yes Text Book Financial Markets and Institutions 8th Edition (International Edition, 2021) Author: Anthony Saunders (Author), Marcia Cornett (Author), Otgo Erhemjamts Recommended Reading: The Economist, a weekly international news magazine.
The access to curricular consultation	Office Hours 因應學校三教整修工程施作，本(112-2)學期日間部於普通教室授課之課程，將配合總務處施工期程，自6月8日起實施線上教學至6月22日止。後兩週教學老師會將教學影片上傳至YouTube，供大家觀看，學習！期末考時間會在上課時宣布！老師E-mail：thomas6311@mail.ntut.edu.tw
The course corresponds to the SDGs	SDG9：產業創新與基礎設施（Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure） SDG12：負責任的消費與生產（Responsible Consumption and Production）
Does the course incorporate AI
Note	Classroom Dynamics Class attendance is valuable. You should try your best to come to every lecture.