EC 362 Financial Markets

Fall 1997, Prof. Baum

Downloadable Syllabus (Adobe Acrobat format)

Revised Deadlines:

Midterm Exam: Wednesday 29 October

Research Project Proposal: Wednesday 5 November

Access to Economic and Financial Data at Boston College

Site-by-Site: Listing of all US-traded futures and options contracts

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

New York Mercantile Exchange / COMEX

New York Cotton Exchange (BP, DM, JY futures!)

London Int'l Futures/Options Exchange (LIFFE)

Marché à Terme Internationale de France (MATIF)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Penn Library Links to Financial Market Indices

BC Econ Guide to Information Resources

BC Econ Guide to Data Resources

Problem Sets:

Problem Set 1, due 29 September 1997

Problem Set 2, due 15 October 1997

Problem Set 3, due 29 October 1997

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