BUS 405 Portfolio Analysis and Asset Management
This course provides students a comprehensive understanding of the management of investment portfolios including topics such as portfolio and asset pricing theories, portfolio optimization, asset allocation, security analysis (macro analysis, financial statement analysis), fixed income portfolio management, active (mutual funds, hedge funds) and passive (ETFs) investment strategies, performance evaluation, taxation, portfolio risk management, and international diversification. An additional emphasis of this course will be the in-depth analysis of alternative asset classes such as real estate, precious metals, and cryptocurrency.