US 200 - Making Wall Street User-Friendly

3 credit(s)
This course explains the workings of the stock market, including an in-depth look at the floor of the exchange and what goes on, from the inception of an order to its transmittal back to the customer. Students are introduced to the study of common stocks, all types of fixed income securities, derivatives, and takeovers and arbitrage. Students analyze trading on the Internet versus trading on an organized exchange. The crash of 1987 is also studied. Individual stocks are not analyzed, and rigorous mathematical ratios are not used. Not open to Barney students.

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