This course provides students with a rigorous foundation in capital markets and investments, emphasizing asset valuation from an applied perspective. It covers valuation techniques for financial securities, essential to portfolio management and risk management applications. Key topics include arbitrage, the term structure of interest rates, portfolio theory, diversification, equilibrium asset pricing models such as the CAPM, market efficiency and inefficiencies, performance evaluation, analysis of common pooled investment vehicles, behavioral finance, and tax-aware investment strategies. Through interactive activities, case studies, and simulations utilizing real-world market data, students will acquire analytical skills and foundational knowledge required for advanced finance courses and practical roles within the investment industry
Division: Finance

Prerequisite

Complete ANY of the following Courses

Fall 2025


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002


B8306 - 003


B8306 - 050

Summer 2025


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002

Spring 2025


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002


B8306 - 003


B8306 - 004


B8306 - 005


B8306 - 006


B8306 - 007


B8306 - 008

Fall 2024


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002


B8306 - 003


B8306 - 060

Summer 2024


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002

Spring 2024


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002


B8306 - 003


B8306 - 004


B8306 - 005


B8306 - 006


B8306 - 007

Fall 2023


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002


B8306 - 003

Summer 2023


B8306 - 001


B8306 - 002

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