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Objectives
This course covers methodologies pertaining to financial time series, with an emphasis on
model building, accurate prediction and evaluation. Completion of this course will equip
students with insights and modeling tools to analyze real world financial and business time
dependent data. Students are expected to have basic working knowledge of probability and
statistics including linear regression, estimation and testing from the applied perspective. We
will use R throughout the course.
Course materials
Textbooks:
Analysis of Financial Time Series, by Ruey S. Tsay (John Wiley, 2010), 3rd Edition.
https://otexts.com/fpp2/
Reference: Time Series Analysis and Its Applications: With R examples, by Robert Shumway
and David Stoffer.
Lecture notes
Lecture notes will be posted on canvas.
Other materials
Homework assignments, announcements, sample codes, data, and other supplemental mate-
rials will be posted on canvas.
Exams:
There will be two exams. No makeup exam will be given in general. The tentative dates for
the exams are March 1st and April 19th.
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Homework assignments:
Homework assignments will be given regularly. For large assignments and the final project,
you are expected to work in groups of 4 students. These assignments will be graded as a
group. Late homework will NOT be accepted. Credit for homework is given based on HOW
the problems are solved instead of a numerical answer. Homework are due Friday by class
time if not specified otherwise.
Attendence:
Attendance to each class meeting is required. Students are responsible for all announcements
and supplements given within each lecture and/or via course email/canvas.
Grading:
• Homework 20%, Term project 20%, Exam one 30%, Exam two 30%
• Your grade is not subject to negotiation. If you feel I have made an error, submit your
written argument to me within one week of receiving your grade. Clarify the precise
error I made and provide all due supporting documentation. If I have made an error,
I will gladly correct it. But I will adjust grades only if I have made an error. I cannot
and will not adjust grades based on consequences, such as hurt pride, lost scholarships,
lost tuition reimbursement, lost job opportunities, or dismissals.
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• Week 11 Classification techniques.
• Week 15 Presentation.
Learning Outcomes
A student graduating this course will gain knowledge in the following topics:
1. The ability to approach and analyze financial time series, including high frequency data.
5. The ability to assess risk and to study methods for calculating value at risk.
Disability Services
Rutgers University welcomes students with disabilities into all of the University’s educa-
tional programs. In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, a student
with a disability must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where
you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation:
https://ods.rutgers.edu/students/documentation-guidelines. If the documentation
supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campuss disability services office
will provide you with a Letter of Accommodations. Please share this letter with me and
discuss the accommodations as early as possible. To begin this process, please complete the
Registration form on the ODS web site.