Markus K. Brunnermeier
email: markus@princeton.edu  
web:   http://www.princeton.edu/~markus

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eco 467/Fin 567: Institutional Finance

Fall 2009

 
Lecture Topic
01
What's Institutional Finance?  
Slides  
02
Static (Riskfree) Arbitrage  
Slides - Riskfree Arbitrage  
Getting Started with UpTick  
UpTick User Guide  
Excel Calculator  
Debriefing of Simulation  
03
Market Efficiency  
Slides  
Event Study  
Report on stock Pioneer  
Report on stock Voyager  
Debriefing of Simulation  
04
Market Making - Limit Orders  
Slides  
Further Reading  
Report on stock AEO  
Assignment prior to Simulation  
05
Portfolio Analysis, CAPM and Black-Litterman Model  
Slides  
Simulation  
06
Performance Evaluation - Hedge Funds  
Slides  
07
Liquidity, Limits to Arbitrage and Bubbles  
Slides on Merger Arbitrage  
Slides on Limits to Arbitrage and Bubbles  
08
Dynamic Arbitrage Strategies to Replicate Non-linear Payoffs  
Slides  
09
Fixed Income: Money Markets, Credit markets and Central Banks (student presentation)  
Money Markets  
Repos  
Credit Default Swaps  
Bank Regulation - Basel Accords  
Monetary Base and Fed Funds Market  
10
Deciphering the Credit and Liquidity Crunch 2007-08  
Paper  
11
Institutions with Long-run Perspectives  
University endowments
- guest lecture by Andrew Golden (President of Princo)
 
Sovereign wealth funds  

 

Problem Sets Topic
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