Investing in Financial Markets: A Practical Guide

Department
  • Bachelor's program Industrial Engineering & Management
Course unit code
  • IEL-B-3+5-WPM-IEL
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
  • FH-Prof. Mosenhauer Moritz, PhD
Mode of delivery
  • blended learning
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Recommended or required reading
  • Berk, J. / DeMarzo, P., 2019, Corporate Finance, 5 th global eds, Pearson, Harlow, et al.
Assessment methods and criteria
  • Homework
Additional information about examination modalities
  • Assignment (accounting for 20% of the final grade).
    Exam (accounting for 80% of the final grade).
Level of course unit
  • Bachelor
Year of study
  • Fall 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 3
Language of instruction
  • English
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • Upon completion of this elective course, students will be able to:
    - Make better use of available savings in growing their long-term wealth.
    - Recognize investment options on financial markets
    - Understand the damaging effects of:
    • Trying to “beat the market”
    • Hype & Panic in market sentiments
    • “Ego” in investments
    • Leisurely or compulsive gambling on financial markets
    - Understand the beneficial effects of:
    • Having a broad portfolio
    • Reducing Trading Costs
    - Know concrete starting points for their own trading activity.
    -Navigate different approaches for different personal circumstances.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
  • none
Course contents
  • We will discuss how to profitably invest available personal savings on financial markets. Supported by empirical evidence, we will place special focus on the following aspects:
    - Shares, ETFs, Bonds and Commodities as investment assets
    - Active vs. passive trading
    - Informational advantages
    - Loss aversion
    - “Smart Investors” and Self-Image Concerns
    - Gambling on Stock Markets
    - Diversification
    - Minimizing Trading Fees (Brokers, commission fees and bid-ask spreads)
    - Factor Investing

    Please consider that there are important and interesting aspects that we will (mostly) NOT cover in this course:
    - Real estate as investment assets
    - Cryptocurrencies as investment assets
    - Tax concerns
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course fully takes place in synchronous and asynchronous online learning phases.
Work placement(s)
  • none

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