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
Part of Term
MBA - Full Term
Section Syllabus
No Syllabus
Section Notes
No class week of September 22nd. Make-up with extended class on Tuesday, September 16 and September 30.
Summer 2025
B8306 - 001
Part of Term
MBA - A Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
Make-up date on Friday, June 20 and Friday, June 27
B8306 - 002
Part of Term
MBA - A Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
Make-up date on Friday, June 20 and Friday, June 27
Spring 2025
B8306 - 001
Day(s)
Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Monday, Wednesday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 9:00AM - 10:30AM Geffen 420
B8306 - 002
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Start/End Time
Room
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Monday, Wednesday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 10:50AM - 12:20PM Geffen 420
B8306 - 003
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Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Monday, Wednesday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 2:20PM - 3:50PM Geffen 390
B8306 - 004
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Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Monday, Wednesday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 4:10PM - 5:40PM Kravis 820
B8306 - 005
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Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Tuesday, Thursday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 9:00AM - 10:30AM Kravis 690
B8306 - 006
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Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Tuesday, Thursday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 10:50AM - 12:20PM Kravis 690
B8306 - 007
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Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Tuesday, Thursday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 2:20PM - 3:50PM Kravis 690
B8306 - 008
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Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Tuesday, Thursday 01/27/2025 - 05/02/2025 4:10PM - 5:40PM Kravis 690
Fall 2024
B8306 - 001
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Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Tuesday, Thursday 09/03/2024 - 12/06/2024 9:00AM - 10:30AM Kravis 680
B8306 - 002
Day(s)
Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Tuesday, Thursday 09/03/2024 - 12/06/2024 10:50AM - 12:20PM Kravis 680
B8306 - 003
B8306 - 060
Day(s)
Date(s)
Start/End Time
Room
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Tuesday 09/03/2024 - 12/13/2024 9:00AM - 12:15PM Kravis 840
Summer 2024
B8306 - 001
Part of Term
MBA - A Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
This course section has make-up dates on May 31 and June 21.
B8306 - 002
Part of Term
MBA - A Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
This course section has make-up dates on May 31 and June 21.
Spring 2024
B8306 - 003
B8306 - 004
B8306 - 005
B8306 - 006
B8306 - 007
Fall 2023
B8306 - 001
Part of Term
MBA - Full Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
Please note that this course has a make-up date on Friday, September 8 only.
B8306 - 002
Part of Term
MBA - Full Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
Please note that this course has a make-up date on Friday, September 8 only.
B8306 - 003
Part of Term
MBA - Full Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
Please note that this course has a make-up date on Friday, September 8 only.
Summer 2023
B8306 - 001
Part of Term
MBA - A Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
Make-up dates on Friday, June 2, and Friday, June 23
B8306 - 002
Part of Term
MBA - A Term
Section Syllabus
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Section Notes
Make-up dates on Friday, June 2, and Friday, June 23