In this chapter, learners will understand the function, structure, internationalization of financial markets, the functions and
types of financial endings, and the regulation of the financial system.
Part 2 Financial market foundation
Chapter 3: The meaning of interest rates and their role in pricing (3 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn how to measure interest rates, the difference between real interest rates and nominal
interest rates, and the difference between interest rates and yields.
Chapter 4: Why interest rates will change (3 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about the determinants of asset demand, the supply-demand relationship in the bond
market, and knowledge about changes in equilibrium interest rates.
Chapter 5: How the Risk Structure and Term Structure of Interest Rates Affect Interest Rates (3 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about the risk structure and term structure of interest rates.
Chapter 6: Whether the financial market is effective (3 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about the hypothesis and evidence of effective markets, and the concepts and related
knowledge of behavioral finance.
Part 3 Financial institution foundation
Chapter 7: Establishment of financial institutions (3 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn the basic facts of the global financial structure, the concept of transaction costs, the
concept of adverse selection and its impact on financial structure, the concept of moral hazard and Its impact on debt,
equity contract selection, and financial structure of the debt market, as well as knowledge of conflicts of interest.
Chapter 8: The emergence of the financial crisis and its harm to the economy (3 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about information asymmetry and financial crisis, developments in developed countries
and emerging market economies.
Midterm exam (2 hours)
Part 4 Financial market
Chapter 9: the Money Market (4 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about definitions, goals and participants of the money market, money market
instruments, and money market securities comparisons.
Chapter 10: the Bond Market (4 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about the goals, participants, transactions of capital markets, types of bonds, the
concept of medium- and long-term national debt, the concept of corporate bonds, the knowledge of financial guarantees
for bonds, and the calculation of current yields, the value of coupon bonds, as well as the knowledge of bond
investments.
Chapter 11: the Stock Market (4 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about stock investment, how common stock prices are calculated, market decisions for
securities prices, valuation errors, stock market indices, as well as stock market regulation.
Chapter 12: the Mortgage Market (4 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about the definition, characteristics, types and institutions of mortgages, loan services,
subprime mortgage markets, and securitization of mortgages.
Chapter 13: the Foreign Exchange Market (4 hours)
In this chapter, we will systematically introduce the foreign exchange market and analyze the exchange rate changes.
Learners will also learn about long-term exchange rates and short-term exchange rates.
Chapter 14: International Financial System (4 hours)
In this chapter, learners will learn about the interventions in the foreign exchange market, the balance of payments, the
exchange rate mechanism of the international financial system, capital controls and the role of the International Monetary
Fund.
Part 5 Financial institution
Chapter 15: Banking and Financial Institution Management (4 hours)
In this chapter, we will provide a detailed introduction to the bank's balance sheet, the bank's basic business, the general
principles of bank management, the appearance of business practices and the measurement of bank performance.
Chapter 16: Financial Supervision (4 hours)
In this chapter, we will introduce the knowledge of information asymmetry and financial regulation, introduce the savings
and lending institutions and the banking crisis in the 1980s, the banking crisis worldwide, and explain The federal deposit
insurance corporation promotion act in 1991, Dodd-frank act and the future of financial regulation.
Review (2 hours)
Final exam (2 hours)