Overview

All investors – from the largest wealth funds to the smallest individual investors – face common concerns in investing: how to decide where to invest, and how much risk to take on. This course will serve as a primer in learning how to think about and address these investment questions. … For more content click the Read More button below. You will also learn about investment strategies and performance evaluation and discuss best practices in portfolio performance evaluation. You will explore different evaluation techniques such as style analysis and attribution analysis, and apply them to evaluate different investment strategies.  The course will also cover the basic analytical framework necessary to understand the pricing of bonds and their investment characteristics (introducing fundamental concepts such as duration, yield, and term structure).       

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisite: (COMM1180 or DPBS1180) or (COMM1140 and ECON1102) or FINS1613

Delivery

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)
Multimodal -

Fees

Pre-2019 Handbook Editions

Access past handbook editions (2018 and prior)