Speculative Markets with Dr. John Elder
 Schedule


Week Readings Topics--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/13 Hull 1,2 Introduction; Forward and Futures Mkts
1/20 Hull 3 Hedging Strategies with Futures
1/27 Hull 3
Hedging Strategies with Futures
2/3 Hull 4
Interest Rate Markets FRA (skip 4.8)
2/10 Hull 5
Determination of Futures Prices
2/17 Hull 7
Swaps
2/24 Hull 8 Mechanics of Options Mkts
3/3 Hull 9 Properties of Stock Options
3/10
 Exam on 3/10 (Tuesday)  Chapt 1-5,7,8,9
3/24 Hull 10 Trading Strategies with Options
3/31 Hull 11 Introduction to Binomial Trees
4/7 Hull 11
Cont'd
4/14 Hull 12 Black Scholes Model
4/21 - Cont'd 
4/28 Hull 15 The Greek Letters
5/5 Hull 6 Interest Rate Futures
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Additional chapters as time permits
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    Final Exam - See place/time on Syllabus