This course brings together a wide range of finance topics with an appropriate "engineering" logic. This course is specifically geared towards graduate students and practitioners in the financial system. The course is aimed to be easy to understand by using simple graphics, basic mathematics and current examples. Discussions about the details of finance theory in the course are partially limited. However, the engineering aspects of these subjects are covered in detail. With this course, students will be able to follow current financial engineering trends and products.
Financial instruments: money markets, bonds, the spot curve, stocks, future markets, options; Arbitrage: static arbitrage, intertemporal arbitrage; Exchanging risk; Portfolio choice; Equilibrium on the stock exchange; Trade and information; Intertemporal valuation. Main issues on static and dynamic optimization, stochastic analysis, statistical expectations and their financial applications.