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ACST2001 - Financial Modelling

Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024

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 - ACST2001: Financial Modelling

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 - 2024

University	Macquarie University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Unit Code	ACST2001
Unit Name	Financial Modelling
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	28

Prepare for the ACST2001: Financial Modelling final examination at Macquarie University in 2024 with the most comprehensive exam guide available for this unit. The self-study set has been revised to incorporate the most recent updates from the latest edition of the exam. It contains sample exam questions accompanied by a detailed answer guide to help you understand question styles and identify priority topics for review as you prepare. It also provides essential information about the exam format, content coverage, and key concepts to focus on during your studies. Students appreciate invaluable tips on reading questions, overcoming test anxiety, and avoiding common pitfalls, which foster greater confidence.

This unit, Financial Modelling (ACST2001) - explores some basic concepts of finance, in particular: price; yield; the relationship between price and yield; interest rate risk; reinvestment risk; duration and its uses; volatility; the contingent payments approach; arbitrage pricing theory; pricing forwards; futures and options. To achieve understanding, this unit uses financial mathematics (the techniques learned in ACST1001 are developed further here) to analyse transactions involving commonly used financial instruments in the context of the markets in which they are traded.

✔ Main topics to be covered:

Simple interest and short-term financial instruments, compound interest and bonds
Short-term financial instruments and bond prices
Bond prices, bond yields and zero coupon bonds
Re-investment risk and TRCY
Horizon analysis
Horizon analysis, bond duration
Bond duration
Contingent payments, forward contracts
Forward contracts
Option pricing

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