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AFIN2050: Investments 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2025 
 
Part 01: About This Guide 
Part 02: Sample Final Examination Paper 
Part 03: Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
Part 04: Final Examination - Hints and Tips 
 
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Macquarie University - AFIN2050: Investments

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

University	Macquarie University
Department	Applied Finance
Unit Code	AFIN2050
Credit Points	10
Unit Name	Investments
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	28

A comprehensive and easy-to-understand set of notes covering all examinable topics for AFIN2050: Investments at Macquarie University. These notes provide vital information on exam format, what will be on the exam and key concepts to focus on. The purpose of this guide is to provide a logical structure for the topics that make up the unit, to emphasise and explain the important concepts and methods in each topic, and to provide initial examples to which the concepts and methods are applied. By using this guide, you can quickly grasp the unit's material and practise with exam-like questions, complete with provided solutions.

AFIN2050: Investments equips students with the analytical skills and financial theory required to understand investment management, including asset pricing, fixed income, industry analysis, and derivative contracts. The unit explores modern portfolio theory and empirical asset pricing models, enabling students to apply these concepts to portfolio management, performance evaluation, and the valuation of equity securities through the analysis of real financial data.

Prerequisites for this unit are ACCG1000, AFIN1002, ECON1020, and one of STAT1250, STAT1170, or STAT1371, or alternatively ACST2052.

UNIT CODE	UNIT NAME
ACCG1000	Accounting for Decision Making
ACCG1001	Accounting and Governance
ACCG2000	Cost Analysis and Managerial Decision Making
ACCG2024	Financial Accounting and Reporting Analysis
ACCG2051	Governance, Business and Corporations Law
ACCG3008	Business and Risk Advisory
ACCG3020	Tax in Practice
ACST1001	Finance Fundamentals
AFIN1002	Corporate Finance and Capital Markets
AFIN2050	Investments
AFIN3029	Derivative Instruments
AFIN3052	Applied Portfolio Management
AFIN3053	Advanced Corporate Finance
ECON1020	Economics and Business Strategy
ECON2003	Microeconomic Analysis and Applications
ECON2004	Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications
ECON2041	Introductory Econometrics
MGMT1002	Managing for Impact
MKTG1001	Marketing and Value Creation
STAT1103	Introduction to Psychological Design and Statistics
STAT1250	Business Statistics and Insights
STAT1371	Statistical Data Analysis

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