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ECN100FA(経済学 / Economics 100)
Essentials of Finance

Naoki KISHIMOTO

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Faculty/Graduate school Faculty of Business Administration
Attached documents
Year 2024
Class code A4014
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Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 金2/Fri.2
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷
Classroom name 市G‐G402
Grade 1~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes 営1年O~U
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Admission year
Category (2019~) 専門入門科目100番台
Category (~2018)

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Outline (in English)

Outline: This course provides an introduction to finance. Its content may be unfamiliar to some students. However, the knowledge taught in this course is essential for those who will enter the workforce. This is because, for one thing, finance theory is essential for both financial institutions and finance departments of nonfinancial corporations. In addition, the knowledge on finance is essential for individuals to invest in bonds, stocks, mutual funds, and pension funds. In this course, you will learn the basics of financial transactions and securities markets, the concepts and calculation methods of future value and present value, and elementary analysis for bonds and stocks. In addition, you will learn the rudiments of derivatives, risk and return tradeoff, and efficient market hypothesis.

Objectives: Students will learn the following knowledge and skills.

(1) To be able to understand financial news properly based on essential knowledge of financial markets and securities.
(2) Concepts of interest rates and the basic calculations of future values and present values.
(3) Institutional knowledge of bonds and elementary analysis of bonds.
(4) Institutional knowledge of stocks and elementary analysis of stocks based on dividend discount model.
(5) Basic institutional knowledge of forwards/futures contracts and options.
(6) Risk and return tradeoff.
(7) Relationship of information and asset prices in terms of what is called the efficient market hypothesis.

Learning activities outside of classroom: Students are expected to read the designated sections of the textbook before class and review the contents covered in class after class. The standard preparation and review time for each class is 2 hours.

Grading Criteria: The final exam will account for 70% of the grade, and quizzes and class participation will account for 30% of the grade.

Default language used in class

日本語 / Japanese