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Homework # 0 |
Econ
275 00 |
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Kevin
R Foster |
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Please answer the
following questions about yourself. You should email it to me at
kfoster@ccny.cuny.edu with subject, "HW 0 Eco27500". If you email me a file, please use your
name in the filename. |
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Name:
Email:
Major:
Year:
Previous Econ Courses Taken:
Other Econ Courses Being Taken Now:
Previous Math Courses Taken:
Other Math Courses Being Taken Now:
Are you working in addition to going to
school? Doing what?
What are your career plans after you
graduate?
How much money do you have invested in the
stock market?
Here
are some topics that you might review, since they'll be used in the class
(sometimes with minimal reminders; sometimes with a fuller explanation):
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definitions of
long/short positions
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time value of
money (present value calculations)
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definitions of
basic statistics: mean µ or 
, variance σ2, standard deviation σ,
correlation coefficient ρ, linear regression, cumulative distribution
function (cdf) and probability density function (pdf)
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finding those stats using your favorite statistics program
(SAS, SPSS, Excel, whatever program you want!)
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"beta"
to measure the co-movement of a stock with the broad market (the CAPM
systematic vs. unsystematic risk)
More will come up – this
lists is meant to be suggestive not exhaustive.