As attached.

The course grade will be determined by the individual conduct in the class and the group performance on the final exam at the end of the semester.  The respective weights of the two components are is 30 percent and 70 percent.

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      1. Marc Levinson, The Economist Guide to Financial Markets:  Why They Exist and How They Work, Seventh Edition, Profile Books Ltd, 2018. 
      
      
      2. Joseph Hu, Bond Math Fundamentals:  Lecture notes prepared for the course of Financial Markets and Financial Products, 2021
      
      
      3. For this course, the “textbooks” primarily consist of professional journal articles, essays published by experts in finance, and lecture notes of finance professors of leading business schools in the U. S.  These materials, which are in electronic files, will be distributed to students in the beginning of the semester.