Two alternatives:

  • Continuos evaluation
    • Case Study (20%)
    • 2 Mini-test (20%)
    • Final Exam in the first or the second examination period (60%)
  • Final exam in the second examination period (100%)

Continuos Evaluation

  • The continuos evaluation method has three moments of evaluation
    • Case study (20%) (compulsory)
    • 2 mini-tests (10% each) (optional, only used when it raises the student final grade)
    • Final exam in the first or second examination periods (60%) (compulsory)
  • Therefore, the final grade for those who choose continuous evaluation is given by max(A,B,C,D)
  • Where
    • A = 0,8Final Exam + 0,2Case
    • B = 0,7Final Exam + 0,2Case + 0,1Minitest1
    • C = 0,7Final Exam + 0,2Case + 0,1Minitest2
    • D = 0,6Final Exam + 0,2Case + 0,1Minitest1 + 0,1Minitest2
Case Study (20%)
  • Groups up to 3 students (compulsory). Groups with 4 or more students will not be allowed;
  • Each group will choose a firm listed in one of the main world stock exchanges included in one top stock index (EU, USA, Brazil, Japan, …), but not listed in the blacklist , posted on Aquila;
  • The report and the presentation slides must be written in English. The presentation will also be done in English;
  • Only three groups will present their project and three other groups will discuss the presentation. These six groups will be chosen at random in the presentation day
  • The presentation slides, can not have more than 10 slides and the presentation will take no longer than 15 minutes
  • Each group must fill a form until the end of February identifying its members and the selected firm. After that,
  • Each group will evaluate a different firm
  • You can not choose financial firms and, preferably, you should choose smaller and less complicated firms, avoiding conglomerates
Two mini-tests during the course (Saturdays)
  • Multiple-choice
  • In English or in Portuguese (chosen by the student)
  • Closed book (key equations will be provided)
  • Each test represents 10% of the final grade
Final exam (60%)
  • Individual exam in one of the two examination periods
  • In English or Portuguese (chosen by the student)
  • Closed book (key equations will be provided)
  • To succeed students must get a minimum grade of 8.0 out of 20.