Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in (ACCTG 5050 OR BCOR 3010) AND (BCOR 3020 OR FINAN 5050) AND Full Major or Minor status in the David Eccles School of Business.
Description
This course introduces the theory and practice of investments from the point of view of an investment/portfolio manager. The course examines the trade-off between risk and return and develops tools to value stocks and bonds. It then uses the risk-return tradeoff to develop and implement Modern Portfolio Theory. The major topics covered include the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Arbitrage Pricing Theory, Markowitz optimization, and market efficiency.