This course is designed to introduce investment management theories and practices to international finance students. Through in-class discussions, excel exercises, individual and group projects, exercises using real market platforms in the Financial Markets Laboratory, and portfolio management simulations, students will personally see and use the concepts and technical tools necessary to understand and effectively perform investment decisions and analysis. By making careful and detailed analysis and working in a regular, disciplined manner, students will have the chance to gain experience in integrating and synthesizing theoretical and empirical observations, basic investment and portfolio management concepts and techniques with real-life applications.

Some of the topics covered in the course are: investment risk and return on investment overview, relevant models; efficient and optimal portfolios; diversification; efficient markets; fundamental analysis; technical analysis; fixed income securities; bond portfolios; risk management; stock valuation methods; firm valuation methods; international diversification; funds; approaches in portfolio structuring; portfolio management strategies; dynamic portfolios; portfolio performance evaluation; procedures followed in investment advice.