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Virginia Tech

FIN-3144: Investments: Debt, Equity and Derivatives

Description: Risk, return and portfolio theory, knowledge of financial securities and markets. Introduction to mutual funds, financial securities and markets, portfolio analysis, market efficiency and performance evaluation, bond valuation, term structure of interest rates, interest rate risk, security analysis and stock valuation, options, Black-Scholes option pricing model, and futures. Must have a grade of C or better in prerequisite of FIN 3134. Sophomore Standing required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 64

Average GPA: 2.91 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 15.18%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.76%

Staff Edelen202423.2%47.9%22.9%1.4%1.8%2.7%2.907
Derek D Klock202217.8%48.6%22.1%4.6%1.3%5.6%2.8216
Gregory B Kadlec202427.2%36.5%32.2%0.5%0.0%3.5%2.9221
Nikolaos Artavanis202023.8%39.6%27.2%8.0%0.0%1.4%2.814
Pengfei Ye202235.1%40.4%19.2%0.8%1.4%3.0%3.084
Raman Kumar202322.1%50.6%20.3%2.7%2.0%2.4%2.934
Tyler J Beason202334.2%38.3%21.2%1.4%0.9%3.8%3.068

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Term050% W