Information Package / Course Catalogue
Financial Investment Instruments
Course Code: EF310
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To introduce graduate students the basic concepts of investing, the tools and principles to be able to better understand trading in financial markets. It is also aimed that students will be equipped with the knowledge for portfolio selection, portfolio management and investment evaluation through theoretical methodologies.

Course Content

The management of investment through asset pricing, portfolio construction and portfolio management from a theoretical point of view. It also explores the assumptions of investor rationality, investor irrationality and their impact on investment decisionmaking again from a theoretical point of view.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Be able to assess the theoretical structures of modern portfolio theory
2.be able to understand and utilise a comprehensive range of investment appraisal techniques in relation to a wide range of investment vehicles
3. Be able to internalize prominent models in investment management literature to utlize in prospective academic studies
4.Interest, dividends, IPOs, quotations, introduction of concepts such as futures.
5.Comparison of the capital markets in Turkey and around the world
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Financial Times Wall Street Journal
2.The Economist Journal of Portfolio Management
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction: Finance Concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
Investment Background: Securities and Markets
Week 3 - Theoretical
Statistical Concepts
Week 4 - Theoretical
Combining Indiv. Sec. İnto Portfolios
Week 5 - Theoretical
Finding the Efficient Set
Week 6 - Theoretical
Factor Models
Week 7 - Theoretical
Asset Allocation
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Empirical tests on CAPM
Week 10 - Theoretical
Empirical tests on CAPM
Week 11 - Theoretical
Arbitrage pricing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Performance Measurement
Week 13 - Theoretical
Option pricing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Option pricing
Week 15 - Theoretical
Review
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Individual Work101120
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
5
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
5
4
3
3
5
OÇ-3
3
3
5
3
3
3
3
3
4
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
5
4
3
5
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026