MSc COURSE : ASSET PRICING AND PORTFOLIO THEORY
Aims Introduce basic concepts used to price financial assets Analyse relationships between risk and return Diversification and Portfolio Theory CAPM and other factor models Practical issues and empirical findings
The Textbook
The Website http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/d.nitzsche
The Course Lecture 1 : Lecture 2 : Lecture 3 : Lecture 4 : Lecture 5 : The Basics Lecture 2 : Utility and Risk Aversion Lecture 3 : Valuation Models : Equities and Bonds Lecture 4 : Efficient Markets and Predictability of Stock Returns Lecture 5 : Portfolio Theory
The Course (Cont.) Lecture 6 : Lecture 7 : Lecture 8 : Lecture 9 : International Portfolio Diversification / Practical Issues Lecture 7 : The CAPM Lecture 8 : Factor Models Lecture 9 : Empirical Evidence : CAPM and APT Lecture 10 : Applications of Linear Factor Models