Welcome to FIN221
Welcome to a new session of study at Charles Sturt University.
This subject examines the financing and risk management aspects of corporate finance, and security and portfolio analysis. Valuation techniques introduced in the subject Financial Management are applied to various investment types, incorporating current theories in Finance.

About your subject coordinator
My name is Hazbo Skoko and I will be your lecturer this session. I am Lecturer in Finance and Economics at School of Management and Marketing. Before joining CSU I was employed as a Senior Research Officer for the Western Research Institute in Bathurst. I have also held teaching, research, and commercial appointments at the University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Uppsala University and Gothenburg University, Sweden, COMBICK GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Most recently, I was a tutor of economics in information technology as well as a business information systems analyst and adviser to the LincWorks at Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Please visit this page regularly for the latest correspondence and lecturer's notes.

The text for this course is as in your Outline and DE material.

Handouts

Topic
Lecturer's note/handouts
Overview to Investments (Chapter 1-3)
Topic 1 (PDF )
Markets, concepts, issues
Topic 2 (PDF )
Risk
Topic 3 (PDF )
Optimal risky portfolios
Topic 4 (PDF)
CAPM and APT
Topic 5 (PDF )
Securities markets research
Topic 6 (PDF )
Fixed income securities
Topic 7 (PDF )
Common stocks
Topic 8 (PDF )
Security analysis
Topic 9 (PDF )
Options
Topic 10 (PDF )
Futures
Topic 11 (PDF )
Portfolio management and evaluation
Topic 12 (PDF)

Assignment 1 is due on
Class-free period
Assignment 2 is due on
Examination period:
Click here to access the Sharemarket game template in XLS format (designed by Chris Deely - CSU Wagga Wagga)