2 to 4 credits
Summer 2025 Lecture
Examination of the process of asset valuation. Emphasis on portfolio analysis, security selection, risk-return relationships, and performance evaluation. Additional topics considered include security analysis, option pricing and analysis, futures contracts, and security market operations.
Learning Outcomes1Develop a sound foundation for the main concepts in investment management and portfolio theory.
2Understand how stock, bond, and option prices are determined.
3Learn the analytical tools and financial theory necessary to understand how financial assets are used for investment decisions.
4Take a critical look at the process of investing and relate the topics covered to current real-world problems relevant to practitioners.
5Prepare students for more advanced courses in investments, portfolio management, and corporate finance.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.