39521 - investments

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Docente: Simona Zambelli
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: SECS-P/11
  • Language: English
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (cod. 0904)

    Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (cod. 0904)

Learning outcomes

The objective of the course is the analysis of Portfolio Theory, financial markets and financial instruments. The all course is divided into 3 main parts:

a) Analysis of structure and organization of markets

b) Analysis of risky assets and portfolio theory

c) Analysis of bonds

Course contents

The purpose of the course is to analyze financial markets and financial instruments, and the basics of firm's financial analysis.

The all course is divided into 3 main parts:

a) Analysis of structure and organization of markets

b) Analysis of RISK&RETURN ofrisky assets and modern portfolio theory

c) Financial Analysis and analysis of bonds

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Parte B (prof. Zambelli) covers the following book chapters:

Risk and risk aversion

Portfolio theory

Capital Allocation

Optimal Risky Portfolios

The Capital Asset Pricing Model

Single Index and Muiltifactor models + APT

Empirical Evidence on Security Returns

Option Markets and Future Markets

Readings/Bibliography

Bodie, Kane and Marcus, Investments, McGraw Hill

Part B(prof. Zambelli) covers the following book chapters:

Risk and risk aversion and portfolio theory

Capital Allocation

Optimal Risky Portfolios

The Capital Asset Pricing Model

Single Index and Muiltifactor models + APT

Empirical Evidence on Security Returns

Option Markets and Future Markets

Teaching methods

Theoretical Lecture on Portfolio Theory

Class simulation on portfolio analysis

Simulation on Trading competition

Assessment methods

Written project

Links to further information

https://sites.google.com/site/simonazambellihomepage/

Office hours

See the website of Simona Zambelli