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Duration

31 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Credential

Certificate

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  • Flexible Schedule- Set and maintain flexible deadlines.
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Skills you will learn
What are the course deliverables?
  • Will be able to Develop risk and return measures for portfolio of assets
  • Will be able to Understand the main insights from modern portfolio theory based on diversification
  • Will be able to Describe and identify efficient portfolios that manage risk effectively
  • Will be able to Solve for portfolio with the best risk-return trade-offs
  • Will be able to Understand how risk preference drive optimal asset allocation decisions
  • Will be able to Describe and use equilibrium asset pricing models.
More about this course
  • When an investor is faced with a portfolio choice problem, the number of possible assets and the various combinations and proportions in which each can be held can seem overwhelming. In this course, you'll learn the basic principles underlying optimal portfolio construction, diversification, and risk management. You'll start by acquiring the tools to characterize an investor's risk and return trade-off. You will next analyze how a portfolio choice problem can be structured and learn how to solve for and implement the optimal portfolio solution. Finally, you will learn about the main pricing models for equilibrium asset prices.

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Curriculum

Module 1- Introduction & Risk and Return

Module 2: Portfolio construction and diversification

Module 3: Mean-variance preferences

Module 4: Optimal capital allocation and portfolio choice

Module 5: Equilibrium asset pricing models

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