Description

Analysis of international portfolio and foreign direct investment, international cost of capital; role of derivatives in global financial markets; international differences in the cost of capital; global bonds and equities indices; foreign direct investment; hedging of international equity and bond portfolios in the forward market and with stock index futures and options.

Topics

• Global Bonds, Bond Markets and Bond Valuations
• Term Structure of Global Interest Rates
• Credit Risk Ratings of Bonds, their Evaluations and International Bond Defaults
• Global Credit Risk Analysis
• Capital Asset Pricing Models and Multifactor Models - A Refresher
• International Portfolio Investment
• Hedging of International Equity and Bond Portfolios using Currency Forwards and Futures
• Hedging of International Equity and Bond Portfolios using Stock Index Futures and Options
• International Cost of Capital
• International Capital Budgeting and Real Options
• International Taxation and Investments
• Foreign Direct Investment