040638 EK KFK CF/FD/FI/FM: Principles of Finance

Andrea Gaunersdorfer
 

Date
Topics
05.10.2015
  Leaflet   (day for final exam corrected)

Topics:

  • Organisatorical issues
  • Key Ideas and Research Methods in Financial Economics
06.10.2014
Topics:
  • Financial decisions and the theory of choice
Prepare review problems 1 and 5.
We will not discuss these problems in the lecture and you need not tick them. But you may upload your solutions in Moodle.
12.10.2014
Problem set 1: 1-3 - tick problems
13.10.2015
Topics:
  • Financial decisions and the theory of choice
    • Fisher separation
    • Hedging risk, demand for insurance
19.10.2015
Problem set 2: 4-5 - tick problems
20.10.2015
Problem set 2: 6 - tick problem again

Topics:

  • Demand for insurance: graphical illustration
  • Decision under uncertainty (risk)
Prepare review problems 2 and 3.
26.10.2015
National Holiday
27.10.2015
Problem set 3: 7-9 - tick problems

Topics:

  • Decision under uncertainty (risk): Axioms underlying Expected Utility Theory
02.11.2015
All Souls' Day (lecture free)
03.11.2015
Problem set 4: 10-12 - tick problems

Topics:

  • Decision under uncertainty (risk):
    • Observed Facts, Ambiguity and Uncertainty
    • Risk Aversion
09.11.2015
Problem set 5: 13-15 - tick problems

Topics:

  • Decision under uncertainty (risk): Risk Aversion
10.11.2015
Topics:
  • Decision under uncertainty (risk): Measuring Risk Aversion
  • Optimal Portfolio Selection and Risk Diversification: Mean-Variance Approach
16.11.2015
Problem set 6: 16-20 - tick problems
17.11.2015
Topics:
  • Optimal Portfolio Selection and Risk Diversification: Mean-Variance Approach
23.11.2015
HS 3
Problem set 7: 21-26 - tick problems

Please note that you have to tick those problems we do not discuss on Monday for Tuesday again.

Topics:

  • Distribution of returns
  • Remarks on the mean-variance approach
24.11.2015
30.11.2015
14:00-16:00, HS 14: Midterm Exam
01.12.2015
Topics:
  • Market Equilibrium in the Mean-Variance Framework: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
07.12.2015
Topics:
  • Market Equilibrium in the Mean-Variance Framework: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • Two-Period Model: State-Preference Approach
08.12.2015
Holiday
14.12.2015
Problem sets 8-9: 27-31 - tick problems
15.12.2015
Problem set 9: 30 - tick problem
Please tick problem again!

Topics:

  • Two-Period Model: State-Preference Approach
  • No-Arbitrage Principle
Prepare review problem 6.
11.01.2016
Topics:
  • No-Arbitrage Principle:
    • The Fundamental Theorem of Asset Prices
    • Pricing of Derivatives
12.01.2016
Topics:
  • Limits to Arbitrage
  • Consumption Based Asset Pricing
  • Equilibrium Pricing
18.01.2016
Topics:
  • Equilibrium Pricing: graphical illustration by an Edgeworth Box
Problem sets 10-12 - tick problems
19.01.2016
25.01.2016
SeR 16
no lecture
26.01.2016
11:30-13:30, HS 14: Final exam