Formation/Cours

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
Be familiarized with characteristics and mechanisms of financial markets.
– Understand what is a financial market and what are its main functions
– Understand what is a financial security, the main types of financial securities (bonds, stocks, funds), their functions, and how they are valued.
– Understand the concept of market efficiency
– Understand the sources and causes of the recent financial crisis.
– Understand the basics of the monetary policy of the ECB (Fed)

1) Overview of the financial system
2) Debt market
3) Stock market
4) Mutual Funds
5) Financial crisis and monetary policy