Course Detail
Course Description
Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAPITAL MARKETS | - | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 5 |
Course Program |
Prerequisites Courses | |
Recommended Elective Courses |
Language of Course | English |
Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
Course Type | Elective |
Course Coordinator | |
Name of Lecturer(s) | Assoc.Prof. Talat ULUSSEVER |
Assistant(s) | |
Aim | The aim of this course is to provide students with a general understanding of the functioning of financial markets, with a special focus on globalization and its effects on financialization. |
Course Content | This course contains; Overview of Financial Markets,Structure and Functioning of Financial Markets,Meaning of Interest Rate Notion,Factors underlying changes in interest rate,Rısk Structure of Interest Rates,Rısk Structure of Interest Rates,Asymmetric Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard,Financial Development and Economic Growth,Asymmetric Information and Financial Crises,Project Presentations,Project Presentations,Stock Market,Bond and Exchange Rate Markets,Overview of The Semester. |
Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
1. Will be able to express what financial markets are and why we need to study them. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
1.1. Explains why we need to understand financial markets. | ||
1.2. Explains why we need to understand financial institutions. | ||
1.3. Explains how to study financial markets and institutions. | ||
1.4 Explains the development of financial markets and Islamic financial markets in Turkey. | ||
2. Will be able to uderstand the mechanism and structure of financial markets, and gain an intuition of how financial markets and financial intermediaries affect the economy. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
2.1. Explains the function of financial markets. | ||
2.2. EXplains the structure of financial markets. | ||
2.3. Explains the globalization of financial markets. | ||
2.4 Explains the effect of globalization in the development of the financial markets in Turkey after 2008 global financial crisis. | ||
3. Will be able to explain what exactly interest rate means, and the difference between nominal and real interest rates. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
3.1. Measures and determines interest rates. | ||
3.2. Explains the distinction between real and nominal interest rates. | ||
3.3. Explains the distinction between interest rates and rates of return. | ||
3.4. Compares the difference between the nominal and real interest rates of conventional debt instruments with that of the nominal and real rates of return of Islamic instruments. | ||
4. Will be able to explain why the overall level of nominal interest rates changes and the factors that induce these changes. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
4.1. Explains the determinants of asset demand. | ||
4.2. Investigates the supply and demand in the bond and sukuk markets in Turkey. | ||
4.3 Examines the changes in equilibrium interest rates. | ||
5. Will be able to determine the types of interest-bearing instruments firms need to invest in by comparing the differences in the interest rates of various instruments. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
5.1. Investigates the risk structure of interest rates. | ||
5.2. Uses the yield curve and business cycles as a forecasting tool for inflation. | ||
5.3 Explains the behaviour of the yield curve in Turkey before and after the 2001 crisis and the 2008 global financial crisis. | ||
5.4. Forecasts interest rates using the term structure. | ||
6. Will be able to explain why an efficient market is needed for economic efficiency. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
6.1 Explains the efficient market hypothesis, the rationale behind the hypothesis, and the stronger version of the efficient market hypothesis. | ||
6.2 Examines the evidence on the efficient market hypothesis. | ||
6.3 Investigates the evidence in favor of and against the efficiency of capital markets in Turkey. | ||
6.4. Explains the connection between financial development and economic growth. | ||
7. Will be able to explain information asymmetry and its influence in development of financial crises. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
7.1. Expresses basic facts about the financial structure throughout the world. | ||
7.2. Explains the two types of information asymmetry: adverse selection and moral hazard. | ||
7.3. Examines the precautions Capital Markets Board of Turkey has taken to minimize the asymmetric information problems in IPO's. | ||
8. Will be able to explain the basic dynamics of stock markets and the resulting prices. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
8.1. Examines various aspects of investing in stocks. | ||
8.2 Examines and applies some methods of pricing common stocks. | ||
8.3. Explains how stock prices are formed in common stock markets. | ||
8.4 Explains common mistakes in valuation. | ||
9. Will be able to apply the basic principles of bond markets and foreign exchange markets. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
9.1. Explains the function of the bond market. | ||
9.2. Explains the actors in the bond market. | ||
9.3. Explains the types of bonds. | ||
9.4. Defines the exchange rate and explains its importance. | ||
9.5. Explains the exchange rate determination in the short run and in the long run. |
Teaching Methods: | 16: Question - Answer Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method |
Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam, G: Quiz |
Course Outline
Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
---|---|---|
1 | Overview of Financial Markets | |
2 | Structure and Functioning of Financial Markets | |
3 | Meaning of Interest Rate Notion | |
4 | Factors underlying changes in interest rate | |
5 | Rısk Structure of Interest Rates | |
6 | Rısk Structure of Interest Rates | |
7 | Asymmetric Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard | |
8 | Financial Development and Economic Growth | |
9 | Asymmetric Information and Financial Crises | |
10 | Project Presentations | |
11 | Project Presentations | |
12 | Stock Market | |
13 | Bond and Exchange Rate Markets | |
14 | Overview of The Semester |
Resources |
- Financial Markets and Institutions, Frederic S. Mishkin and Stanley G. Eakins, 8th Edition, 2014. |
- Financial Markets and Institutions, Anthony Saunders and Marcia Cornett, International Edition, 2018. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
1 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında teorik bilgileri tanımlar. | X | |||||
2 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında gerekli matematiksel ve istatistiki yöntemleri anlatır. | ||||||
3 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında gerekli en az bir bilgisayar programı kullanır. | ||||||
4 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında gerekli olan mesleki yabancı dil yeterliliğini gösterir. | ||||||
5 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında projeler hazırlar ve takım çalışmalarını yönetir. | ||||||
6 | Mesleki alanda yaşam boyu öğrenmenin gerekliliği bilinciyle bilim ve teknolojideki gelişmeleri izleyerek kendini sürekli yenileyip edindiği bilgi ve becerileri eleştirel olarak değerlendirir. | X | |||||
7 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında teorik ve uygulamaya yönelik bilgileri kullanır | ||||||
8 | En az A1 düzeyinde bir yabancı dili kullanarak güncel teknolojileri takip eder, sözlü / yazılı iletişim kurar. | X | |||||
9 | Örgüt / kurumsal, iş ve toplumsal etik değerlerini benimser ve kullanır. | X | |||||
10 | Topluma hizmet duyarlılığı çerçevesinde, sosyal sorumluluk ilkelerini benimser ve gerektiğinde inisiyatif alır. | ||||||
11 | Disiplinler arası çalışmalar yürütebilmek için farklı disiplinlerde (ekonomi, finans, sosyoloji, hukuk, işletme) temel bilgileri ve verileri analiz ederek alanında kullanır. | X | |||||
12 | Öğrenciler, küresel ticaret, ihracat-ithalat işlemleri, gümrük işlemleri ve dış ticaretin finansmanı alanlarında uzmanlık elde eder. |
Assessment Methods
Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
Total | 100 |
ECTS / Workload Table | ||||||
Activities | Number of | Duration(Hour) | Total Workload(Hour) | |||
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | |||
Guided Problem Solving | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report | 14 | 2 | 28 | |||
Term Project | 14 | 2 | 28 | |||
Presentation of Project / Seminar | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Midterm Exam | 7 | 3 | 21 | |||
General Exam | 7 | 4 | 28 | |||
Performance Task, Maintenance Plan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total Workload(Hour) | 148 | |||||
Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(148/30) | 5 | |||||
ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit. |
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAPITAL MARKETS | - | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 5 |
Course Program |
Prerequisites Courses | |
Recommended Elective Courses |
Language of Course | English |
Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
Course Type | Elective |
Course Coordinator | |
Name of Lecturer(s) | Assoc.Prof. Talat ULUSSEVER |
Assistant(s) | |
Aim | The aim of this course is to provide students with a general understanding of the functioning of financial markets, with a special focus on globalization and its effects on financialization. |
Course Content | This course contains; Overview of Financial Markets,Structure and Functioning of Financial Markets,Meaning of Interest Rate Notion,Factors underlying changes in interest rate,Rısk Structure of Interest Rates,Rısk Structure of Interest Rates,Asymmetric Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard,Financial Development and Economic Growth,Asymmetric Information and Financial Crises,Project Presentations,Project Presentations,Stock Market,Bond and Exchange Rate Markets,Overview of The Semester. |
Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
1. Will be able to express what financial markets are and why we need to study them. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
1.1. Explains why we need to understand financial markets. | ||
1.2. Explains why we need to understand financial institutions. | ||
1.3. Explains how to study financial markets and institutions. | ||
1.4 Explains the development of financial markets and Islamic financial markets in Turkey. | ||
2. Will be able to uderstand the mechanism and structure of financial markets, and gain an intuition of how financial markets and financial intermediaries affect the economy. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
2.1. Explains the function of financial markets. | ||
2.2. EXplains the structure of financial markets. | ||
2.3. Explains the globalization of financial markets. | ||
2.4 Explains the effect of globalization in the development of the financial markets in Turkey after 2008 global financial crisis. | ||
3. Will be able to explain what exactly interest rate means, and the difference between nominal and real interest rates. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
3.1. Measures and determines interest rates. | ||
3.2. Explains the distinction between real and nominal interest rates. | ||
3.3. Explains the distinction between interest rates and rates of return. | ||
3.4. Compares the difference between the nominal and real interest rates of conventional debt instruments with that of the nominal and real rates of return of Islamic instruments. | ||
4. Will be able to explain why the overall level of nominal interest rates changes and the factors that induce these changes. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
4.1. Explains the determinants of asset demand. | ||
4.2. Investigates the supply and demand in the bond and sukuk markets in Turkey. | ||
4.3 Examines the changes in equilibrium interest rates. | ||
5. Will be able to determine the types of interest-bearing instruments firms need to invest in by comparing the differences in the interest rates of various instruments. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
5.1. Investigates the risk structure of interest rates. | ||
5.2. Uses the yield curve and business cycles as a forecasting tool for inflation. | ||
5.3 Explains the behaviour of the yield curve in Turkey before and after the 2001 crisis and the 2008 global financial crisis. | ||
5.4. Forecasts interest rates using the term structure. | ||
6. Will be able to explain why an efficient market is needed for economic efficiency. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
6.1 Explains the efficient market hypothesis, the rationale behind the hypothesis, and the stronger version of the efficient market hypothesis. | ||
6.2 Examines the evidence on the efficient market hypothesis. | ||
6.3 Investigates the evidence in favor of and against the efficiency of capital markets in Turkey. | ||
6.4. Explains the connection between financial development and economic growth. | ||
7. Will be able to explain information asymmetry and its influence in development of financial crises. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
7.1. Expresses basic facts about the financial structure throughout the world. | ||
7.2. Explains the two types of information asymmetry: adverse selection and moral hazard. | ||
7.3. Examines the precautions Capital Markets Board of Turkey has taken to minimize the asymmetric information problems in IPO's. | ||
8. Will be able to explain the basic dynamics of stock markets and the resulting prices. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
8.1. Examines various aspects of investing in stocks. | ||
8.2 Examines and applies some methods of pricing common stocks. | ||
8.3. Explains how stock prices are formed in common stock markets. | ||
8.4 Explains common mistakes in valuation. | ||
9. Will be able to apply the basic principles of bond markets and foreign exchange markets. | 16, 6, 9 | A, G |
9.1. Explains the function of the bond market. | ||
9.2. Explains the actors in the bond market. | ||
9.3. Explains the types of bonds. | ||
9.4. Defines the exchange rate and explains its importance. | ||
9.5. Explains the exchange rate determination in the short run and in the long run. |
Teaching Methods: | 16: Question - Answer Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method |
Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam, G: Quiz |
Course Outline
Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
---|---|---|
1 | Overview of Financial Markets | |
2 | Structure and Functioning of Financial Markets | |
3 | Meaning of Interest Rate Notion | |
4 | Factors underlying changes in interest rate | |
5 | Rısk Structure of Interest Rates | |
6 | Rısk Structure of Interest Rates | |
7 | Asymmetric Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard | |
8 | Financial Development and Economic Growth | |
9 | Asymmetric Information and Financial Crises | |
10 | Project Presentations | |
11 | Project Presentations | |
12 | Stock Market | |
13 | Bond and Exchange Rate Markets | |
14 | Overview of The Semester |
Resources |
- Financial Markets and Institutions, Frederic S. Mishkin and Stanley G. Eakins, 8th Edition, 2014. |
- Financial Markets and Institutions, Anthony Saunders and Marcia Cornett, International Edition, 2018. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
1 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında teorik bilgileri tanımlar. | X | |||||
2 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında gerekli matematiksel ve istatistiki yöntemleri anlatır. | ||||||
3 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında gerekli en az bir bilgisayar programı kullanır. | ||||||
4 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında gerekli olan mesleki yabancı dil yeterliliğini gösterir. | ||||||
5 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında projeler hazırlar ve takım çalışmalarını yönetir. | ||||||
6 | Mesleki alanda yaşam boyu öğrenmenin gerekliliği bilinciyle bilim ve teknolojideki gelişmeleri izleyerek kendini sürekli yenileyip edindiği bilgi ve becerileri eleştirel olarak değerlendirir. | X | |||||
7 | Uluslararası ticaret ve finansman alanında teorik ve uygulamaya yönelik bilgileri kullanır | ||||||
8 | En az A1 düzeyinde bir yabancı dili kullanarak güncel teknolojileri takip eder, sözlü / yazılı iletişim kurar. | X | |||||
9 | Örgüt / kurumsal, iş ve toplumsal etik değerlerini benimser ve kullanır. | X | |||||
10 | Topluma hizmet duyarlılığı çerçevesinde, sosyal sorumluluk ilkelerini benimser ve gerektiğinde inisiyatif alır. | ||||||
11 | Disiplinler arası çalışmalar yürütebilmek için farklı disiplinlerde (ekonomi, finans, sosyoloji, hukuk, işletme) temel bilgileri ve verileri analiz ederek alanında kullanır. | X | |||||
12 | Öğrenciler, küresel ticaret, ihracat-ithalat işlemleri, gümrük işlemleri ve dış ticaretin finansmanı alanlarında uzmanlık elde eder. |
Assessment Methods
Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
Total | 100 |