Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
-calculate statistical parameters of the stock share prices
-calculate risk factors Beta for equities and equity portfolios
-evaluate the performance of portfolios and mutual funds based on known valuation ratios
-construct optimal portfolios of shares using spreadsheets and programs (Matlab)
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course aims at theoretical and empirical presentation and the study of issues and models of Finance useful to current or future business executives.
The syllabus covers the following issues: Valuation of bonds, interest rate risk management and reinvestment bonds, duration and rate of curvature, bond portfolioimmunization ,valuation of bonds on a flat yield curve, new shares Issues: Initial public offerings and rights offerings, Stock Valuation under certainty: dividend valuation models,risk and return equity valuation under uncertainty : Model CAPM, APT model, management and portfolio performance evaluation and Mutual Funds, stock market of market efficiency (weak, semi-strong and strong form), empirical results
Keywords
stocks, bonds, risk and return, portfolio analysis,