FIN 500 – Investments
General Information
This course introduces into the theoretical foundations of modern portfolio management and their applications. It covers expected utility theory, measures of risk and return, the theory of portfolio selection, asset pricing models and their empirical test, the efficient markets hypothesis, and issues in stock portfolio management.
Learning Outcomes
The course provides students with an understanding of the theoretical and conceptual foundations of modern quantitative portfolio management. Students learn to understand investment strategies, and to interpret and evaluate them against the background of capital market theory and the efficient markets paradigm.
Faculty
Credit: Xenia Münsterkötter
Prof. Dr. Erik Theissen
Chair of Finance
University of Mannheim
Business School
L 9, 1–2
68161 Mannheim
Business School
L 9, 1–2
68161 Mannheim