Course Description:
This course examines various concurrent theories of investment portfolio management that integrates both the Unites States and global market. It is intended to serve advanced level students who are interested in more in-depth analysis of the investment market instrument and the balance between return and risk management. The course is more analytical and practical in nature and exposes the student to real empirical case studies and the real practice of market trading and examining actual companies’ financial data. Among the topics to be covered are global exchange funds, index funds, hedging funds, exchange trading funds, electronic communication network, behavioral finance and anomalies, empirical implementation of arbitrage pricing policy, various models of stocks and assets valuation, passive versus active management techniques in managing the portfolio, analysis of the Euroland sector, debt and equity security market, derivatives and hedging, and performance measurement. It is a real hands-on application of trading in the security market
Prerequisites: Introductory Accounting I 212054, Statistics 272384 and Corporate Finance 213514 or investing 213524 or equivalent.
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