| Course ID: | FINA 7310. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Investments |
Course
Description: | Survey of the theory and practice of investment management in
highly competitive capital markets. The course is organized
into modules covering the following concepts in investment
management: derivative securities, fixed income securities,
modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market
efficiency, limits to arbitrage, and portfolio performance
evaluation. |
| Oasis Title: | INVESTMENTS |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FINA 8300 |
| Prerequisite: | FINA 7010 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To expose the student to an analytical treatment of investment
theory, including the concepts of portfolio management and
valuation. The course includes a study of the role of risk in
asset pricing, the implications of asset-pricing models, and the
application of these asset-pricing models to real data. The
efficient markets hypothesis and analysis of fixed-income
securities will also be discussed. |
| Topical Outline: | Financial Modeling / Excel skills
• Stock Track
• Securities markets
• Introduce derivatives (details in derivatives)
• Fixed Income
• Portfolio Theory
• Asset Pricing Models (CAPM in core)
• Market efficiency/ anomalies
• Advanced portfolio management
• International portfolio management
• Alternative Investments |