BUSS 6293

This course is designed to provide students with essential theories of investment and asset pricing as well as some practical aspects of making investment decisions. The course will begin with “classical” theories of investment decision and portfolio management and will continue with “traditional” models of capital market equilibrium such as Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Arbitrage Pricing Model (APT) before moving to cover more recent asset pricing models. Theory and practice of fixed income instruments and bond portfolio management as well as theory and practice of portfolio performance evaluations will also be covered.