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Courses:
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BA 449: Portfolio Management |
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This course is
an introduction to investments and portfolio management. The
main objective of this course is to provide students with the
opportunity to apply financial theories and models to analyze
stocks, industries, sectors and make real investment decisions,
manage a portfolio of financial assets and thus gain valuable
hands-on experience in investments, asset allocation, and
portfolio management.
Course requirements will include
designing investment strategies, back-testing investment ideas
with historical data, preparing and presenting security research
reports, implementing investment decisions, monitoring portfolio
performance and compliance with investment guidelines, making
decisions regarding portfolio adjustments, portfolio
performance evaluations and making presentations. While there
has been a rapid increase in the number of Universities that
have implemented student managed investment portfolios in the
last decade, this type of opportunity is still quite rare in
undergraduate business education. This course will be one of
very few undergraduate courses in the Applied Portfolio
Management area nationwide.
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BA 450: Applied Portfolio Management |
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This course is a
continuation of the BA 449 (Portfolio Management) course and is
an introduction to applied investments and portfolio management.
The main objective of this course is to provide students with
the opportunity to apply financial theories, models learned to
select securities and make investment decisions, manage a
portfolio of financial assets and thus gain rigorous and
valuable hands-on experience in investments, asset allocation,
and portfolio management.
The students will
design and back-test investment strategies, prepare and present
stock research reports, discuss and implement investment
decisions, monitor the Waves portfolio performance and
compliance with investment guidelines, make decisions regarding
portfolio adjustments, portfolio performance evaluations and
make presentations. The students will manage the Waves Fund as
part of this course.
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BA 446: Financial Derivatives |
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This course is an introduction to financial derivatives, namely options, forwards, futures and swaps.
The goal is to provide a complete overview on the main characteristics of these securities and pricing and hedging issues, from the
point of view of the investment bank or a large investor.
The emphasis of the course will be on conceptual issues as opposed to the institutional aspects. Students will develop a familiarity
of a wide array of financial products, an understanding of their risk characteristics, and an understanding of the "arbitrage pricing
principle". The course will also cover the implementation of derivatives trading strategies. Most importantly, students will be given
a new lens through which to analyze finance, economics, risk management and world issues.
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BA 321: Financial Management
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This course is an introduction to the modern corporate finance
theory. We will study the basic concepts, principles, analytical
methods, and tools useful for making investment and corporate
finance decisions. The course is a study of market-driven theories for analyzing business investment opportunities, working capital management, financing decisions, and dividend distribution decisions that lead to maximization of shareholder value. |
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