Financial Instruments and Markets Specialization
The financial instruments and markets specialization includes courses on equity markets and debt instruments, as well as futures and options and other more specialized topics. This specialization focuses primarily on understanding the markets in which various financial instruments are traded and understanding the factors that influence the return and risk characteristics of financial instruments, both individually and in portfolios. The financial instruments and markets specialization may be suitable for students pursuing careers in the securities industry or the broad area of investment management.
Academic Advisor: Professor Yakov Amihud, 212-998-0720
Course List
*Students are required to take at least 6 credits from the FINC-GB Finance course designator from the list below:
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACCT-GB.3108 | Credit Ratings and Fixed-Income Credit Analysis |
| ECON-GB.3345 | Money and Modern Capitalism: Law and Business |
| ECON-GB.2343 | Financial Crisis & the Policy Response |
| ECON-GB.2344 | The Economy & Financial Markets |
| ECON-GB.2347 | Real World Analysis of Economic Data |
| ECON-GB.2392 | Development of Financial Institutions and Markets |
| ECON-GB.3345 | Money & Modern Capitalism |
| FINC-GB.2110 | Taxes and Investing |
| FINC-GB.2134 | Law & Business of Bitcoin |
| FINC-GB.2150 | The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 |
| FINC-GB.2230 | Law & Policy of Foreign Investment |
| FINC-GB.2310 | Managing Financial Businesses |
| FINC-GB.2334 | Financial Service Industry |
| FINC-GB.2339 | Real Estate Capital Markets |
| FINC-GB.2341 | Real Estate Investment Strategy |
| FINC-GB.2347 | Climate Finance: An Economic and Financial Approach to Climate Change |
| FINC-GB.2349 | Trading Cash and Derivative Securities |
| FINC-GB.2350 | Alternative Investments I: Principles and Strategies |
| FINC-GB.2351 | Alternative Investments II: Practice and Application |
| FINC-GB.2375 | Managing Climate, Cyber, Geopolitical risk |
| FINC-GB.2382 | Global Value Investing |
| FINC-GB.3103 | International Finance-International Investments Analysis |
| FINC-GB.3105 | Volatility |
| FINC-GB.3106 | Topics in Credit Risk |
| FINC-GB.3118 | Topics in Hedge Fund Strategies - II |
| FINC-GB.3120 | Private Banking and Wealth Management |
| FINC-GB.3121 | Topics in Hedge Fund Strategies |
| FINC-GB.3122 | Investment Strategies |
| FINC-GB.3129 | Behavioral and Experimental Finance |
| FINC-GB.3149 | Structure and Dynamics of Financial Markets |
| FINC-GB.3155 | Financial Analysis in Healthcare |
| FINC-GB.3176 | Topics in Investment |
| FINC-GB.3165 | Topics in Private Equity Finance |
| FINC-GB.3173 | Venture Capital Financing |
| FINC-GB.3176 | Topics in Investments |
| FINC-GB.3180 | Topics in Cryptocurrency Investing |
| FINC-GB.3181 | Arbitrage Trading Strategies |
| FINC-GB.3182 | Global Value Investing |
| FINC-GB.3186 | Project Finance and Infrastructure Investment |
| FINC-GB.3188 | Topics in International Finance |
| FINC-GB.3198 | Bankruptcy and Reorganization |
| FINC-GB.3199 | Case Studies in Bankruptcy & Reorganization |
| FINC-GB.3305 | Credit Risk |
| FINC-GB.3320 | Managing Investment Funds |
| FINC-GB.3321 | Hedge Fund Strategies |
| FINC-GB.3324 | Digital Currency, Blockchains, & Future of Financial Services |
| FINC-GB.3329 | Behavioral Finance |
| FINC-GB.3331 | Valuation |
| FINC-GB.3332 | Portfolio Management |
| FINC-GB.3333 | Debt Instruments and Markets |
| FINC-GB.3335 | Futures and Options |
| FINC-GB.3340 | Advanced Futures and Options |
| FINC-GB.3348 | Investing for Environmental and Social Impact |
| FINC-GB.3354 | Investing in Microfinance |
| FINC-GB.3357 | Private Investing and Wealth Management |
| FINC-GB.3365 | Private Equity Finance |
| FINC-GB.3366 | Operating Hedge Funds |
| FINC-GB.3373 | New Venture Financing |
| FINC-GB.3384 | Emerging Financial Markets |
| FINC-GB.3387 | Global Banking and Capital Markets |
| FINC-GB.3388 | Global Financial Markets |
| INTA-GB.2324 | Business, Economy and Policy in the midst of COVID-19 |
| TECH-GB.2350 | Robo Advisors and Systematic Trading |
| TECH-GB.3350 | Financial Information Systems |
| STAT-GB.2308 | Applied Stochastic Processes for Financial Models |
| STAT-GB.3321 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes |
For course descriptions, please see the Office of Records & Registration website.