Portfolio Management and Alternative Investment, 7.5 credits

This course is considered a roadmap for making a successful investment decision for each institutional fund manager as well as for each individual investor. It offers advanced concepts in investment analysis and portfolio management including asset classes, financial instruments, risk, return, capital allocation, bond portfolio management, stock valuation, as well as futures, options, and other derivatives markets. To link theory to practice, many features of this course are consistent with and relevant to the CFA curriculum.