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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
FALL 2007
FBE 555: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Day-time MBA:
TTh3:30p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
PM-MBA segment: Th 6:30p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Room JKP 210
Room JKP 212
(Section 15429R)
(Section 15431R)
Contact Information
Instructor:
Office:
Office Hours:
e-mailed matter:
Course website:
Joe Chen
HOH 412
Thursdays, 1:30pm-3:00pm (or ~ dint of. appointment)
joe.chen@marshall.usc.edu
~ward Blackboard (http://blackboard.usc.edu)
Course Objectives
The objective of the course is to study assumption and empirical evidence relevant for portfolio contrivance.
An emphasis is placed on judgment how an investment professional would allocate funds in one
hypothetical portfolio. Major topics include estimate of capital market parameters, trade-on the farther side between risk
and return, optimal portfolio preference, equilibrium asset pricing models, and delegated portfolio
charge. Emphasis will be put on increase of techniques that should be concern of the tool kit of
those biassed in becoming professional investors and/or researchers in science. The course material is
tilted heavily towards reasonableness markets since there are separate catamenia that cover fixed income markets and
derived securities. This course is designed to primarily address the needs of advanced students in each
MBA program.
Prerequisites
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I will assume at smallest a good understanding of basic notions in monetary theory: the time-value of money;
return, risk and portfolio diversification; net ready value etc. These are materials covered basic
Corporate Finance, GSBA 521 (a prerequisite deportment). I will discuss some of these topics in class, but
I expect you to cheer your memory on them at the real beginning of the semester. Spending time in
rank to review topics that are covered by more basic courses would be inefficient and, most important,
would take time away from new and more exciting topics. I assume that you are in this...
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