Executive MBA Class Visit: Capital Markets & Investments

Course description:

This Capital Markets course has three goals: - To introduce the principles of asset valuation from an applied perspective. The majority of the class is concerned with the valuation of financial securities. The valuation issues to be discussed are heavily used in portfolio management and risk management applications. - To introduce the following concepts: arbitrage, the term structure of interest rates, equilibrium pricing, diversification, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), efficient and inefficient markets, performance evaluation, and derivative securities, particularly options. - To provide sufficient background knowledge for students seeking an overview of capital markets and an introduction to advanced finance courses.

Division: Finance

As you prepare for your visit to our campus, please take a moment to review the below guidelines:

• Registration is required to attend a class visit. 
• All visitors to Columbia University must meet the university vaccine mandate. 
• If you can no longer attend a class visit, please cancel your registration by 11:00 AM the day prior to the event.
• Please sign-up for only one class visit per semester to help us accommodate our large volume of visitors.
• If you have any questions, please email Apply@gsb.columbia.edu.

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