Mar 28, 2024  
2010-2011 HillBook (Class of 2014) 
    
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ECO 401 - Portfolio Management

Three Credits
Spring Semester

This course is for students interested in pursuing careers in the investment world. It provides them with the necessary tools to obtain positions in portfolio management, investment banking, and money management of mutual funds, retirement assets, pension funds, and banks’ trusts. Topics include risk/ return strategies, optimal portfolio theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, fixed-income portfolio management, options markets, option valuation, and futures and swaps. Bloomberg Financial Terminals and Bridge Telerate are used extensively in the course, as they are in the financial community. This simulates the interaction between markets, and creates a virtual trading investment opportunity. Familiarity with this real-world tool prepares students for the jobs mentioned above.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 309  or ECO 303 , and consent of the Instructor. May not receive credit for both ECO 401 and BUS 327 .