Carlos Rafael Santos Branco

Profitability
Risk
Valuation
Choice

At the end, students should be able to select a portfolio of assets, apply equilibrium models of capital markets and pursue to the valuation of bonds, stocks and options.

Markets & Financial Investments 
Fixed income securities
Portfolio theories and equilibrium models
Variable income securities

Mandatory
 
Investimentos Financeiros – Teoria e prática. António Freitas Miguel, João Pedro Nunes, Luís Oliveira, Rui Alpalhão, João Miguel Lourenço, Miguel Almeida Ferreira, Daniel Pimentel, António Gomes Mota e Clementina Dâmaso Barroso. Sílabo, 3ª Edição revista e aumentada, 2019.
 
Recommended
 
Mercados e Investimentos Financeiros. Cesaltina Pires, Escolar Editora, 3.ª edição, 2013.
Risco Financeiro - Medida e Gestão. Carlos Pinho, Ricardo Valente, Mara Madaleno e Elisabete Vieira. Sílabo. 2012.

E-learning.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).

Computer skills; Computer vocabulary; Spreadsheet.
Basic texts are written in Portuguese, however students are recommended to be competent in English as complementary readings may be in English.