University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

25836 Financial Decision Making Under Uncertainty

6cp

Requisite(s): 25832 Financial Markets Instruments AND 25834 Portfolio Analysis AND 35364 Statistics for Quantitative Finance

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.


Postgraduate

This subject introduces utility theory, arbitrage principles, portfolio formation and efficient markets at an advanced level. Areas such as the development of mean-variance analysis, the capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory in single-period equilibrium models and multi-period portfolio analysis in discrete time and in continuous time are examined.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,280.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.