Week

Start Date

Topic

Chapter

1

1/13

Course Overview

1, 2, 3

2

1/20

Interest rates

11, 12

3

1/27

The Fed/Monetary Policy

5, 6

4

2/3

Tour SF Federal Reserve

Time 1:30pm

5

2/10

Government Debt

16, 17

6

2/17

Stocks

8, 14, 15

7

2/24

Hedge Funds

18, 19

8

3/3

Midterm Exam

n/a

9

3/10

Corporate Securities

10, 13

10

3/17

Corporate Debt

20, 21, 22

11

3/24

Commercial Banking

4

12

3/31

Mortgage backed Assets

23, 24, 25

13

4/7

Insurance, Pension Funds

7, 9

14

4/14

Futures and Options

26, 27, 28

15

4/21

Swaps & Foreign Exchange

29, 30, 31

16

4/28

Final Exam/Project Due