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Derivatives

Good afternoon students!

Should the school be closed on Monday, please continue to work on your project. Also, please start to learn the following key terms associated with derivatives –

  • Derivative
  • Underlying asset
  • Hedging
  • Futures
  • Arbitrage
  • Forward contract
  • Exchange traded
  • Long
  • Short
  • Open
  • Close
  • Covered
  • Naked
  • Options
  • OTC Market
  • Call option
  • Put option
  • Premium
  • Swap

Project Deadlines

Please hand in/email to Mr Conway the following:-

3rd December 2012 – List of sources of information (at least 10! You need “A wide range of different types of sources” to get into the top mark band for research)

17th December 2012 – 500 word summary/intro to your project

25th February 2013 – 1st draft. This will be the skeleton of your project. I would like you to have organised the structure, although some info/analysis will be missing.

25th March 2013 – Semi final draft – most analysis will be complete at this stage.

29th April 2013 – Final project submission date – Must be fully complete and sent electronically to Mr Conway.

Finding sources of information – Task gather at least 10 different sources.

This morning I would like students to continue research for their project. When you find a suitable resource, please reply to this post with details of it. Please be specific and give the full url rather than just www.bbc.co.uk.

Perhaps a good starting point for most of you is this – http://www.globalissues.org/article/768/global-financial-crisis. From here you could explore and find further sources of information.

You also have, of course, the printout from Christopher Stokes book – All you need to know about the city.

If you reply and post your comment, then others can share this information, resulting in each of you gaining more sources.

Also see – http://www.cfr.org/economics/crisis-guide-global-economy/p19710

And – http://baselinescenario.com/financial-crisis-for-beginners/

Mr Conway

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