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Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Managing Derivatives Markets for Finance Professionals

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The global marketplace for derivatives, including futures, forwards, and options, is significantly larger than the total stock market value, highlighting their paramount importance to all finance professionals. This course delves into understanding these markets, application techniques, valuation methodologies, as well as how corporations can manage various risks in a multinational business setting.

Upon completing this course, students will:

  1. Recognize and articulate different risks faced by firms, linking spot rates, forward rates, interest rates, and inflation.

  2. Apply risk management principles to create value within organizations.

  3. Gn insight into the characteristics of derivative instruments like options, futures, swaps, etc., exploring their use in hedging, speculation, or arbitrage.

  4. Understand how derivatives markets are organized, traded, and margin requirements determined.

  5. Learn techniques for estimating the valuation of derivatives.

  6. Develop strategies involving combinations of options for trading purposes.

  7. Grasp the real options approach to assessing investment opportunities.

  8. Analyze historical examples where derivative misuse occurred.

  9. Expln the concept of Value at Risk VaR in financial risk management.

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