BUS-F 520 Asset Valuation and Strategy

• 7 weeks
• 1.5 credits
• Prerequisite(s): MBA Core

This course will provide finance majors and minors with the basics for analyzing the demand for and pricing of financial securities. The essentials of a traditional investments course will be framed in a portfolio context. Special emphasis will be given to debt and derivative securities. Extensions and applications of this material will be pursued in the advanced finance modules.

• Risk and risk aversion
• Portfolio theory and diversification
• Asset pricing models, theory, and empirical tests
• Fixed income analysis, term structure, and interest rate risk
• Introduction to derivative securities: options and futures

Course grade will be based on some average of exam(s), written assignments, and problem sets.