Department

Finance

Course Code

FIN 220

Course Title

Investment Essentials

Course Credit

3 hours

Prerequisite Course

FIN 200

Course Level

Semester(5)

Course Description

The course introduces the concepts and measurements of return and risk and their relation. It then covers various topics related to investment such as: the efficient market hypothesis, asset pricing models (CAPM, APT, and multifactor models), equity securities, fixed income securities, behavioral finance, and the psychology of investing

Course Material

Fundamentals of Investments

B. Jordan and T. Miller,McGraw-Hill – Irwin,2008

Reading Recommendation

Journal of Finance

Journal of Financial Economics

Journal of Business

Journal of Corporate Finance

Review of Financial Studies

Course Language

English