Course Description
To introduce students to a variety of topics under the main head of investment and portfolio management, topics include:
• Investment environment and portfolio management
• Investment strategies
• Asset allocation and diversification strategies
• Asset pricing models
• Stock price behavior
• Interest rates, bonds prices and yields
• Portfolio management strategies for individuals and institutions
• Performance evaluation and risk management
• Evaluate alternative investment avenues
BOOK TO BE USED
Scott B. Smart Lawrence J. Gitman, ISBN-10: 1292153989 • ISBN-13: 9781292153988 ©2017 • Pearson • Paper Published 02 Aug 2016
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOM
- Describe investment environment and the financial products
- List different types of investment strategies and investment risks
- Describe bonds and stock and their valuation methods
- Recognize portfolio management and measurement concepts-
- Discuss paradigm of risk and return and the notion behind investors’ risk preferences
- criticize Modern portfolio theory and its use in portfolio optimization
- Interpret efficient market hypothesis and the behavioral critique
Course ID: FIN 413
| Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 4.50 | 4 | 4 | FIN 306 |
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