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Investments - ECFS865
This unit covers the key building blocks required when studying many of the other Masters Units. It focuses on the tools and techniques necessary to understanding investment markets, valuing investments and constructing investment portfolios. This unit contains an analysis of the risk and return characteristics of debt and equity markets, an overview of modern portfolio theory, as well as asset pricing models and performance measurement techniques. Attention is given to both the use of theory to make decisions as well as the limitations of finance theory in many real life situations.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in Session 1, North Ryde D2 - Day; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde E1 - Evening; Offered in Session 1, North Ryde E2 - Evening; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde |
| Staff Contact(s): | Mr Dan Daugaard |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MAppFin or PGCertAppFin |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies Faculty of Business and Economics |
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