Futures and Options

Lecture (6 ECTS)

taught by JProf. Dr. E. Lütkebohmert-Holtz

• Tuesday, 10:00 - 12:00 (c.t.), HS 2121, KG II.
• The lecture begins on Tuesday, 25.10.2011.

Tutorial

taught by Dr. E. A. Frhr. v. Hammerstein

• Thursday, 14:00-16:00 (c.t.), HS 3219, KG III
• The tutorial begins on Thusday 03.11.2011.

Exam

The post-exam review for Futures and Options will take place on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in room 2314, KG II (office JProf. Lütkebohmert), from 10-12.

Please remember to take your student ID or identity card with you!

Computer Tutorial

There will be a Computer Pool Tutorial for the Futures and Options Lecture. The tutorial takes place in the Lehrpool of the University IT Services (Rechenzentrum) Hermann Herder Str. 10 room -100/-101 (in the basement). As PCs are limited we will teach the class in two groups.

14.12.2011 9-11 o'clock and 11.01.2012  9-11 o'clock

15.12.2011 14-16 o'clock and 12.01.2012  14-16 o'clock. 

Please send an email to thomas.lais@vwl.uni-freiburg.de stating in which group you want to participate. The number of participants for each course is limited to 30 students. Places will be given on a first come first serve basis.

On December 14th, from 9-11 am, and on December 15th, from 2-4 pm, we will have the first PC Pool Tutorials for the lecture "Futures and Options".  The Wednesday's course will be taught in Matlab/Octave and the Thursday's course in R.
The second PC Pool Tutorial will take place on January 11th, from 9-11 am, and on January 12th, from 2-4 pm. The group will be split in the same way as for the first tutorial in December.

Software

• MATLAB Homepge,Wikipdedia (commercial)
• Octave Homepge, Wikipdedia (open source)
• Scilab Homepge, Wikipdedia (open source)
• R Homepage, Wikipedia (open source)

The lecture is open for IMP students and diploma students in their advanced study period. The course can be credited for the account "Finanzmärkte und -management" or "Finanz- und Rechnungswesen".

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