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 Faculty of Business and Economics

 Department of Finance and Banking

Course Title:              Mathematical Finance

Course No.:                1303201

Classes:                      NT 9:30- 11               

Credit Hours:              Three Hours

Semester:                     1st Semester 2014

Methods of Instruction: Lecturing/ Discussion

Lecturer: T. Shanti   Office: Faculty of Law - 1st Floor Room (3210)  

E-mail:  talshanti@yahoo.com                Mob 0524567140

Office Hours:          

                       N 11:00 - 2:00           

Why this course?

üThis course will provide a set of quantitative techniques that may apply to solve day- to- day problems that arise in the world of business and finance.

The mathematical skill that the student acquire will serve him in ,almost, every other course in Finance ,particularly, Portfolio Management and Risk Management courses. y condition.

 Text Book:

The contents of this courses will be extracted from different resources.

1)Peter Zema, Robert L. Brown, Financial Mathmatics,2nd edition

2)Jenny Gosling , Math for Business & Finance, Pascal Press

 

Grade Distribution

 Med Term Exam              30%

 Second Exam          20%

 Quizzes                  10%

 Final                        40%

Outline:

I.Week1:Chapter 1    Simple interest and some Application

§Future Value at simple interest

§Present Value at simple interest

§The time between dates

§Flat interest

§Early repayment at flat interest

§Calculating rebates and early payout figures

II.Week2-3:Chapter 2    Compound interest- concept and calculation

§Compound interest

§Future Value at compound interest

§Present Value at compound interest

§Finding: The interest rate, the length of the term

§Nominal and effective rate of compound interest

§Equivalence between nominal and effective rate

§Compound interest versus flat interest

III.Week4: Chapter 3    Practical applications of both compound interest and simple interest

§The value of money

§Equations of value

§Promissory notes

§Business decision- net present value

§Business decision- internal rate of return

First Hour Exam

IV.Week5: Chapter 4    Annuities- concept and basic calculations

§Simple annuities-general explanation

§The future value/amount ,S, of an annuity

§Periodic payment, R, given the present value of an annuity

§Approximating the interest rate of an annuity

§ Approximating the term of an annuity

V.Week6: Chapter 5    Some special annuity situation

§Deferred annuities

§Perpetuities

§General Annuities

§More irregular annuity situation

VI.Week7: Chapter 6   Amortization and sinking Fund

§Amortization of Debt

§Outstanding Principal

§Mortgages

§Refinancing a loan

§Sinking Funds

§Comparison of Amortizing and sinking-Fund Methods

2nd Hour Exam

VII.Week8: Chapter 7    Bonds

§Purchase price to yield a given investment rate at interest payment dates

§Purchase price for a given yield between interest payment date

§Finding the yield rate for a given price

§Premium and discount

VIII.Week8: Chapter 8    Contingent Payment

§Introduction

§Probabilities

§Mathematical Expectation

§Contingent payment with Time Value

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IX.!!!Chapter 9    Life Annuities and Life Insurance

§Introduction

§Mortality Table

§Pure Endowment

§Life Annuities

§Life Insurance

§Annual-Premium Policies

Final Exam