ECONOMICS OF FUTURES MARKETS 11:373:352:01

Fall 2011
COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Instructor: Penny Carlson, Office of Academic Programs and Research , Martin Hall 202
                   School of Environmental and Biological Sciences,  Rutgers University

Time: Monday, Wednesday  (5:35 pm - 6:55 pm)

Place: CDL, Room 109

Office Phone #: (848)932-3000

E-Mail: carlson@sebs.rutgers.edu

Text and other requirements:

1. Getting Started in Futures , Fifth Edition , Todd Lofton, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. -Available at Amazon.Com at very reasonable prices
2. Intro to Futures & Options Manual – This free. There is a PDF file on Sakai
3. The Wall Street Journal or N.Y. Times. (The New York Times may be available at the Cook Post Office)
4. Computer Account at Rutgers
5. Participation in Stock Market Game
6. A simple calculator that is not programmable and does not store text.  Graphing calculators and programmable calculators including most HP financial calculators DO store text and will not be permitted. Cell phones, PDAs etc. may not be used on exams. You must purchase or borrow simple calculator to use for exams. I am taking a hard stance on calculators this year and if you come to the exam with one that is banned, you will have to take the exam without the aid of a calculator.

Grading:

• Two Hourly Exams (70%)
• Group Project (20%)
• Stock Market Game, Paper Trading, Attendance (10%)
• Attendance is Mandatory.  If you are habitually absent, I will penalize your grade!

Links:

Course Syllabus and Reading List

Stock Trak https://www.stocktrak.com/public/members/registrationstudents.aspx?p=SEBS-FUTURES-MARKETS

· We will discuss this trading game as a requirement on the first day of class.  The approximate cost will be $20-$25.

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