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FIN-5184: Currencies and Global Finance

Description: Explores the international economic environment, including analyses of exchange rates, international monetary systems, contemporary currency regimes, and current financial crises. Examines a firms exposure to various kinds of exchange risks and the methods and financial instruments used to manage those risks. Introduces global opportunities open to firms for raising capital, foreign investment in financial assets, and managing currency and interest rate risk.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: FIN-5024

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 30

Average GPA: 3.52 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 48.31%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Charles R Sebuharara201447.1%52.1%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.475
Douglas M Patterson201536.9%63.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.401
Raman Kumar202272.4%25.2%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.715
George E Morgan201445.0%55.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.481
G R Thompson201142.3%38.1%18.2%0.8%0.5%0.0%3.176
Dilip K Shome201272.8%22.6%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.591
Carl J Ullrich201340.9%59.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.411
Olga V Livingston2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.931
Vijay Singal200565.4%34.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.611
Abon Mozumdar200853.5%45.6%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.514
John M Pinkerton200694.4%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.873
Deniz Anginer201650.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.601

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