International Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis 7,5 hp

Undervisningen bedrivs på engelska.

Kursinnehåll

The course has the objective of providing tools and techniques of portfolio management and investment analysis. The course covers (but is not restricted to) the following topics:

• Asset classes
• The macroeconomic environment and financial markets
• Risk, returns and diversification
• Optimal asset allocation and portfolio choice
• Asset pricing models
• Introduction to asset valuation
• Applied portfolio management
• Evaluation of portfolio performance using suitable measures

Connection to research and practice

Theories of portfolio management and investment analysis are presented in connection with applied portfolio management and real-world investment problems. The course is also related to research and practice as students write an assignment where questions related to the course content shall be analyzed by identifying relevant theoretical and empirical frameworks of analyses, by applying these frameworks using financial data retrieved from databases, and by identifying avenues for improving the performed analyses.

Förkunskapskrav

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Economics (or the equivalent).

Utbildningsnivå: Avancerad nivå A1N
Kurskod/Ladokkod: JIPR24
Kursen ges vid: Jönköping International Business School Last modified 2024-11-22 10:10:21