Dakota State University
BUS 418 Financial Futures & Options
Spring 2001

Course Outline

Exam dates are approximate.
Unit One: Futures Markets and Pricing
   Chapter  1: Introduction
   Chapter  2: Futures Markets
   Chapter  3: Futures Prices
   Chapter  4: Using Futures Markets
	First Exam: Thursday, February 8, 2001
Unit Two: Types of Futures and Futures Trading
   Chapter  5: Interest Rate Futures: Introduction
   Chapter  6: Interest Rate Futures: Refinements
   Chapter  7: Stock Index Futures: Introduction
   Chapter  8: Stock Index Futures: Refinements
   Chapter  9: Foreign Currency Futures
             : Precious Metals Futures
  	     : Trading Futures
	Second Exam: Tuesday, March 15, 2001
Unit Three: Options Market, Strategies, and Pricing
   Chapter 10: The Options Market
   Chapter 11: Option Payoffs and Option Strategies
   Chapter 12: Bounds on Option Prices
	Third Exam: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
Unit Four: Option Pricing and Types of Options
   Chapter 13: European Option Pricing
   Chapter 14: Option Sensitivities and Option Hedging
   Chapter 15: American Option Pricing
   Chapter 16: Options on Stock Indexes, Foreign Currency, and 
               Futures
   Chapter 19: Interest Rate Options
   	Fourth Exam: Thursday, May 3, 2001
	Final Exam: Tuesday, May 8, 2001  8:00 - 10:00 am

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