Graduate Education Institute · Business Administration · Doctorate
ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Murat IŞIKER
Course Objective
The aim of this course is to teach the investment process for financial asserts and the operating mechanism of investments by refer to types of financial assets and financial institutions.
Course Content
The content of this course is to give general information about the process to deal in financial markets with financial tools, valuation, return, risk, portfolio theory and portfolio management.
Required Resources
Investments, 10th Edition (9780077861674): Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus
Recommended Resources
Finansal Yönetim İlkeleri, Cudi Tuncer Gürsoy, latest edition
Course Learning Outcomes
- Know the financial institutions.
- Select a portfolio of firms listed Borsa İstanbul and calculate the risk-returns
- Know the types of financial assets.
- Have the knowledge of how to invest in financial assets and how to process.
- Have deep knowledge on portfolio selection and management
Core Area Distribution
(22) Humanities%70 (46) Mathematics and Statistics%30
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionCase Study
Assessment & Evaluation
HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 5 | 80 |
| Midterm | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Quiz | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Practice | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Investment Decision Making Criteria | Introduction to the course |
| 2 | Features of Debt Securities | - |
| 3 | Valuation of Debt Securities | - |
| 4 | Duration | - |
| 5 | Convexity | - |
| 6 | Approaches to Equity Valuation | - |
| 7 | Capital Asset Pricing Model | - |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | - |
| 9 | Forecasting Cash Flows | - |
| 10 | Dividend Discount Model | - |
| 11 | Multistage Dividend Discount Model | - |
| 12 | Computing Free Cash Flow to Firms and Free Cash Flow to Equity | - |
| 13 | Relative Valuation Techniques | - |
| 14 | Asset Allocation Decision | - |
| 15 | Markowitz Portfolio Theory | - |
| 16 | Final Exam | - |