ECMT2130 Financial Econometrics (University of Sydney): rated 3.3/5 overall across 20 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ECMT2130 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 金融计量经济学
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This unit focuses on the financial models and econometric methods necessary to critically evaluate the risk and return characteristics of various fund-management strategies. Asset-pricing models and market efficiency are tested using econometric models that are popular in banking and finance, using industry-standard software.
ECMT2130 has 20 scored reviews: overall 3.3/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 18 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
On Reddit: "If you can do the examples / homework / assignments, you're good to go. I find with a lot of econometrics courses the lectures contain A LOT of background maths which isnt examined. While the equations used in 2130 are somewhat obscure and at times hard to understand, the actual…"
On Reddit: "I've taken ECMT2130 but not 2150. 2130 is basically a financial economic approach to econometrics and focuses on financial markets/asset/share trading, where the major assignment is to create a portfolio which analyses and predicts future share prices. I found 2130 somewhat diff…"
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Q: Is ECMT2130 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 20 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 3.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECMT2130, and when is it offered?
A: ECMT2130 is taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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