General Financial Markets
General financial markets (JEL G1) cover asset pricing and the behaviour of financial markets.
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Scope
It includes portfolio choice, asset pricing models, market efficiency, and the analysis of stocks, bonds, and derivatives.
Sub-topics
- General
- Portfolio Choice • Investment Decisions
- Asset Pricing • Trading Volume • Bond Interest Rates
- Contingent Pricing • Futures Pricing
- Information and Market Efficiency • Event Studies • Insider Trading
- International Financial Markets
- Financial Forecasting and Simulation
- Government Policy and Regulation
- Other
Core questions
- How are assets priced?
- Are financial markets efficient?
- How should portfolios be constructed?
Key concepts
- Portfolio theory
- Asset pricing (CAPM)
- Market efficiency
- Derivatives
- Risk and return
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Frequently asked questions
- What is market efficiency?
- The hypothesis that asset prices fully reflect available information, making it hard to consistently beat the market.