Sales and Trading

This career involves the sale and purchase of potentially complex securities. These securities could be equities, fixed income or derivatives (or combinations of all three). Although you may not be involved in the valuation of these securities, you must understand the fundamental concepts of valuation to be successful. We recommend that you take a number of quantitative courses. In addition, we stress the importance of derivatives courses. Even if you want to specialize in fixed income or equities, you cannot avoid encountering derivative instruments (options, futures, forwards, swaps, etc.)

Suggested Finance Courses

Strongly recommended

-Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (BA 352)
-Derivatives (BA 353)
-Corporate Finance (BA 351)
-Advanced Corporate Finance (BA 451)
-Market Microstructure and Trading (BA 457)
-Money and Capital Markets (BA 450)
-Advanced Derivatives  (BA 454)

Recommended

-Corporate Restructuring (BA 455)
-Investment Banking & Financial Intermediation (BA 458)
-International Investments  (BA 453)

Other Suggested Courses

-Statistical Forecasting (BA 41x)
-Decision Analysis (BA 41x)
-Intelligent Documents (BA 4xx)
-Financial Statement Analysis (BA 43x)
-Corporate Financial Reporting (BA 43x)
-Dynamics of Bargaining (BA 42x)

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