Dear students,

As you know, you will prepare a project for this lecture. Below you can find the structure of the project and possible topics. You can either select this topics or you can select your own. If you you choose your own topic, you will get extra $5$ points. You can do the project as a group or individual. Select your topic and write it below this announcement. If you are doing as a group, write down your group members as well. Project reports will be no more than $7$ pages and no less than $5$ pages. If you select your own topic consult with me first.

Deadline for the project is $31$ of May, $2024.$

Best of luck.

Project Structure:

$1.$ Introduction

Why did you choose this topic and why it is important?

$2.$ Literature Review

What does previous literature say?

What are the alternative viewpoints?

$3.$ Discussion Section

How do you evaluate this topic?

$4.$ Result or Conclusion

Summarize your idea and your position.

Possible Topics:

$1.$ How is money created in an economy?

$2.$ The history of credit score of the Turkish Treasury in the last $20$ years.

$3.$ Take the USD yield curve of the Turkish Treasury for the dates $31$ of May $2023$ and January $31,2024.$ How can you explain movements in yield curve with existing theories?

$4.$ Does Turkish lira follow random walk?

$5.$ Finding fair value of the Turkish lira using purchasing parity condition starting from the $2010.$

$6.$ Why doesn$$t Theory of Capital Asset Pricing Model hold?

$7.$ Take the value of the Turkish lira relative to USD. Compare this with USD$/$Mexican Peso, USD$/$Brazilian Real and USD$/$Polish Zloty. Why do you think that Turkish lira has lost value more than other economies.

$8.$ Are Emerging Countries$$ Stock Markets Efficient?

$9.$ Is it possible to make profit with insider trading in emerging markets?

$10.$ The Role of Capital Markets in $2008$ Financial Crisis

$11.$ Hedging Instruments in Investment World

$12.$ Behavior of Risk Premium in Emerging Markets

$13.$ How to Read Yield Curve?

$14.$ Behavior of Corporate Bonds vs Treasury Bonds in Turkey

$15.$ Behavior of Corporate Bonds vs Treasury Bonds in the US

$16.$ How to Hedge Exchange Rate Risk?