Term:Fall

Course Code:sd00231300

Campus:Main Campus

Academic Organization:Economics

Prerequisites:Advanced Mathematics, Microeconomics

Credit:3（48 teaching hours）

Course Components:Lectures Required

Course Note:Required for finance student

Course Description:

This course will introduce you to major topics of the world of investments. The study of investments is a field in which theory is rapidly transmitted to practice, as is often seen in finance industry. Although there have been fast constant change in the investment industry due to newly designed securities, creation of trading strategies, and advances of theories coming out of academic community, some materials are so fundamental to the industry that they are not only intellectual properties of financial research but also of immense importance to sophisticated investors. It is the goal of this course to help you become familiar with these theories. The class will cover introduction to financial markets, portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets, market efficiency, and then we will focus on fixed-income securities and equity security analysis after that. We will learn the basic skills and tools with close connection to real world investment problems.

The lectures and readings are quite difficult, so do not get discouraged if you find them so. My hope is that the course will help in making this interesting topic accessible to you.