FINA 3104 T3-T5 tutorial 1
Introduction
Review Syllabus: Grading, Homework
and Peer evaluation
Tutorial activities
Basic Excel skills
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Tutorials
Schedule:
- T3: Monday
- T4: Monday
- T5: Monday
17:00 – 17:50, Room 2303
18:00 – 18:50, Room 2303
15:00 – 15:50, LSK Room G007
Tutor:
Benson Leung
Office: LSK Room 5068
E-mail: bbsleung@ust.hk
Office hours:
- Wednesday 11:00-12:00
- Friday 11:00-12:00
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Assessment and Grading
Participation
*
Homework
15%
Peer Evaluation
5%
Tutorial Activities
5%
Midterm exam
30%
Final exam
45%
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Homework and Peer evaluation
4 homework assignments: questions will be posted on LMES
Group assignments: submit only one hardcopy for each
assignment
Group members in the SAME tutorial session will be assigned
and group list will be posted on LMES on 17 Sept 2014.
Cover page: your tutorial section, your group number, group
members name
No late assignments, place into homework collection box
(FINA 3104 L3-L5 HW) before noon on due date
Homework assignments will be returned and discuss in the
tutorial
Peer evaluation
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Important Dates
Sep. 11(L3, L4, L5): REUTERS - LSK Room G009
during Lecture time, please go according to
your registered time slot
Sep. 17: Check your group number with all
members’ name, SID number, Tutorial
session(T3/T4/T5)
Oct. 23: Midterm exam, 7:30-9:30pm
LTC/LTE – seating plan will be posted before
Oct. 17
– Time conflict: please let us know by 16 Sept.
TBA: Final exam
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Tutorial Schedule
• Does not meet every week
• Please refer to Syllabus for Tutorial Schedule.
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Outcome-Based Approach - What
Knowledge
Personal
Attributes
Intellectual &
Professional
Skills
Intended Learning Outcomes
What we expect you to be able to do
Teaching & Learning
Activities
Achieving these outcomes as
far as possible
Assessments
Evaluating whether the
learning outcomes have
been achieved
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Tutorial Activities
Objective:
To enforce the outcome based learning as to
encourage you to work with your group,
discuss and present in the tutorials
Required to sit in for your registered session
and sit with your group members
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Tutorial Activities
Group discussion
– Active participation among HW groups and I may
call up for presentation in class
– Each group have to submit one set of written
answer at the end of tutorial to those assigned
questions, they will not be graded but we will go
through the solution together.
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Long Discussion questions - case study cooperative
learning technique.
Student works on
numerical problems
during tutorial
Discuss in
group
Form
value-line
groups
Tutor or
students
summarize
Execute and writeup
Open up for
entire class
discussion
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Trial Discussion Question 1
How to make arbitrage profits? And
what are the possible cost that will
reduce your profit?
Individual thinking – 1 mins
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Answer
Buy low, sell high.
Transaction levy, administrative cost,
transportation.
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Trial Discussion Question 2
Explain real assets and financial assets ,
what their characteristics are and give
some examples.
Individual thinking – 1 mins
Discussion among group mates – 3 mins
Group present – 3 mins
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Answer
Real Assets & Financial Assets
Real Assets
Assets used to produce goods and services
Examples:
Tangible assets: the land, buildings, and machines
Intangible assets: human knowledge ( knowledge) and brand
name
Some characteristics of real assets (optional)
– Illiquid
– Depreciate in value over time
– Indivisible
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Answer
Financial Assets
Claims on real assets
Examples: fixed-income securities, equity or stock, derivative
securities
Some characteristics of financial real assets (optional)
– Liquid
– No depreciate in value over time
– Divisible
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• Basic Excel skills
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