Somchai Amornthum
Office: Saunders Hall 537
Office hours: MWF 10:30-11:30
email: amornthu@hawaii.edu
Phone: 956-8986
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Somchai Amornthum Office: Saunders Hall 537 Office hours: MWF 10:30-11:30 email: amornthu@hawaii.edu Phone: 956-8986 |
SYLLABUS (click)
CLASS SCHEDULE & NOTES
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Week (Date) |
Chapter |
power point (.ppt) | PDF slides (.pdf)* |
| Wk. 1 (Jul. 6-9) | Ch. 1: Why Study Financial Markets & Institutions | click | click |
| Ch. 2: Overview of the Financial System | click | click | |
| Ch. 3: Understanding Interest Rates | click | click | |
| Wk. 2 (Jul. 12-16) | Ch. 4: The Behavior of Interest Rates | click | click |
| Ch. 5: The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates | click | click | |
| Ch. 8: The Money Markets | click | click | |
| Wk. 3 (Jul. 19-23) | Ch. 9: The Capital Markets | click | click |
| Ch. 10: The Stock Market and the Efficient Market Hypothesis | click | click | |
| Jul. 26 (Mon.) | MIDTERM (Ch.1-5, 8-10) | click | |
| Wk. 4 (Jul. 27-30) | Ch. 12: The Foreign Exchange Market | click | click |
| Ch. 6: Structure of Central Bank & the Fed. Reserve System | click | click | |
| Wk. 5 (Aug. 2-6) | Ch. 7: Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, and Targets | click | click |
| Ch. 14: Theory of Financial Structure | click | click | |
| Ch. 15: The Banking Firm and Bank Management | click | click | |
| Wk. 6 (Aug. 9-12) |
Ch. 19: Insurance Companies and Pension Funds |
click | click |
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Ch. 21: Investment Banks, Brokerage Firms and Mutual Funds |
click | click | |
| Ch. 22: Risk Management in Financial Institutions | click | click | |
| Aug. 13 (Fri.) | FINAL EXAMINATION (everything) | ||
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PROBLEM SETS
| Number | Assigned Date |
Questions |
Due date | Solutions |
| 1 | Jul. 9 |
Ch.1 Q. 1, 3, 7, 13 Ch.2 Q. 2, 4, 6 Ch.3 Q. 4, 8, 14, 16, 18 |
Jul. 13 | click |
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2 |
Jul. 15 |
Ch.4 Q. 1, 12, 16, 18 Ch.5 Q. 3, 7, 11, 15 Ch.8 Q. 2 |
Jul. 20 |
click |
| 3 | Jul. 30 |
Ch.12 Q. 1, 5, 7, 9, 13 (Also explain why and draw graphs to support your answers) Ch.6 Q. 4, 8 |
Aug. 3 | click |
| 4 | Aug. 6 |
Ch.7 Q. 6, 18 Ch.14 Q. 1, 5, 11 Ch.15 Q. 5, 7, 13 Extra credit (10 points): Ch.7 Q.14 |
Aug. 10 | click |
QUIZZES
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Number |
Date Given |
Questions & Solutions |
| 1 | Jul. 12 | click |
| 2 | Jul. 16 | click |
| 3 | Jul. 21 | click |
| 4 | Aug. 2 | click |
| 5 | Aug. 5 | click |
| 6 | Aug. 10 | click |
LINKS
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Last modified: October 14, 2006