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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Impacts on Markets

AB606 · Investment and Risk Management — Week 3 of 16

CourseAB606
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Impacts on Markets

  1. Central bank monetary policies and interest rate cycles
  2. Inflation dynamics, GDP releases, and employment data
  3. Geopolitical conflicts, sanctions, and sovereign risk
  4. Market contagion and capital flight across global exchanges
  5. 18. Monetary Policy
  6. Mobilising Savings for Investment - Jagjit Chadha
  7. Economics 100B - 2014-10-09: Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand
  8. Economics 100B - 2014-09-02: Measuring Macroeconomic Data

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Examine the impact economic and political events have on financial markets and investment.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: examine the impact economic and political events have on financial markets and investment.

Study materials

Videos

  • Mobilising Savings for Investment - Jagjit Chadha · YouTube · Gresham College · 53 min · for registered students
  • Monetary Policy and Financial Cycles | LSE Online Event · YouTube · LSE · 89 min · for registered students
  • Capital Flow Cycles: a long global view | LSE Online Event · YouTube · LSE · 84 min · for registered students
  • Lessons for monetary policy from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode | LSE Event · YouTube · LSE · 67 min · for registered students
  • Assessing the Economic Risks from Brexit - Professor Jagjit Chadha · YouTube · Gresham College · 56 min · for registered students
  • The Equity Premium and Low Interest Rates - Professor Jagjit Chadha · YouTube · Gresham College · 53 min · for registered students
  • The New Art of Central Banking - Professor Jagjit Chadha · YouTube · Gresham College · 63 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Money and Banking, ch. 6: The Economics of Interest-Rate Spreads and Yield Curves · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 113–130 · for registered students
  • Understanding US Inflation during the COVID-19 Era · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Principles of Economics 3e, ch. 29: Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 711–738 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Financial Market Architecture
  • Week 2: Trading Mechanics and Investment Venues
  • Week 3: Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Impacts on Markets
  • Week 4: Behavioural Finance and Trader Psychology
  • Week 5: Foundations of Technical Analysis
  • Week 6: Technical Indicators and Oscillator Application
  • Week 7: Technical Trading Strategies in Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Taxonomy and Measurement of Investment Risk
  • Week 10: Portfolio Theory and Diversification Strategies
  • Week 11: Derivatives and Active Risk Mitigation
  • Week 12: Applying Investment and Risk Management in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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