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Investments - ECFS865
This unit covers the key building blocks required for further study in applied finance. 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, and 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: | AFC Jan NR - Applied Finance Centre, North Ryde Campus, November 2012 to June 2013 AFC Jul NR - Applied Finance Centre, North Ryde Campus, May to November AFC Jan CBD - Applied Finance Centre, City Campus, November 2012 to June 2013 AFC Jul CBD - Applied Finance Centre, City Campus, May to November |
| 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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