Teaching

Texas A&M University

Financial Modeling

The objective of this course is to provide the students the practical and hands-on skills to build and evaluate financial models that will assist them in making financial decisions. Students will identify the assumptions on which the models are based. They will apply relevant models by evaluating the relevance of assumptions. Students will apply real world data to the models and/or extend them to include more realistic assumptions and scenarios.

 

Financial Risk Management

This course is designed to provide the fundamental concepts in financial risk management. At the end of this course, students will learn the main principles to measure, model and manage financial risks. We start with surveying the basic theoretical concepts of financial risk and learn how to model financial risk. Then, we extend our analysis to different forms of financial risk by considering various sources of financial risk such as credit risk and liquidity risk. Finally, we review some of the financial instruments and methods that can be used to manage and hedge financial risk.

 

Market Structure and Securities Trading
University of Massachusetts Amherst
I developed this course as a recipient of Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

The objective of this course is to provide students with understanding of principals of securities trading and market structure. This course is targeted toward undergraduate students who are finance majors. At the end of this course, the students will be able to (i) contrast different market mechanisms, including exchange and dealer markets, (ii) compare different market settings and their advantages, and (iii) evaluate the costs and risks associated with trading in different markets.