Manage your Investments Professionally
Manage your investments portfolio using modern theory of portfolio management
About This Specialization
The Investment Management Specialization teaches professional asset management of securities using portfolio management and behavioral aspects of finance. Specific topics include: an introduction to the basics of finance, how to evaluate risk and expected return, the behavioral aspect of investment strategy, and current trends. The capstone project will solve an investment project by designing an investment plan for an individual at three different stages of his life.
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Courses
- Beginner Specialization.
- No prior experience required.
COURSE 1
Introduction to Financial Markets
Upcoming session: Jun 26 — Jul 31.- Commitment
- 4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
Learn the general concepts of financial markets and economy. You will see the difference between primary and secondary markets and learn about markets for different products. You will also look at various economic Indicators and their influence on the markets. After completing this course, you will have a much stronger background of financial markets and ready to go to the next stage in the Specialization. This course is designed to help students with very little or no finance background to learn the basics of investments.COURSE 2
Portfolio and Risk Management
Upcoming session: Jul 17 — Aug 28.- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
This course teaches you the concepts of risk and expected return. This course presents an overview of the basic concepts and techniques used to construct financial portfolios. You will learn about the investment process and get a very good understanding of economic, industry, and company analyses. We will also look at understanding and interpreting major portfolio management and risk concepts. Through this course, you will discover the basic concepts of Modern Portfolio Theory. In the second half of the course we explore the frameworks to measure investment performance, as well as the various measures of investment performance. Finally, you will learn how to measure performance of equity, bonds and hedge funds. After completing this course, you will be able to appreciate the details that go into the creation of investment portfolios.COURSE 3
Behavioral Investing
Upcoming session: Jul 17 — Aug 21.- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
Through this course, you will learn how individuals and firms make financial decisions, and how those decisions might deviate from those predicted by traditional financial or economic theory. We will explore the nature of these biases and their origins, using insights from psychology, neurosciences and experimental economics on how the human mind works. From these biases, you will be able to examine how the insights of behavioral finance complement the traditional finance paradigm. We also look at the micro and macro biases. Finally, we will explore how these insights describe more complicated topics such as fat tail events and financial crises.COURSE 4
Investment Strategy
Upcoming session: Jul 10 — Aug 14.- Commitment
- 4 weeks of study, 3-4 hours/week
- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
Discover the basic concepts of needs analysis, investment policy, asset allocation, product selection, portfolio monitoring and re-balancing. We will look at the types of institutional investors - pension funds and insurance companies. You will learn the client management life cycle and dive into portfolio management as a process. You will learn the basic concepts, principles, and the major styles of investing in alternative assets. Finally, we study the impact of digitization on investment strategies.COURSE 5
Financial Markets and Investment Strategy Capstone
Upcoming session: Jul 24 — Sep 11.- Subtitles
- English
About the Capstone Project
In the Capstone project, you have to design an investment plan for an individual at three different stages of his life. Depending on the stage of his life the individuals biases, risk preferences and wealth requirements change. You have to keep in mind all of these and design an appropriate investment plan for each stage of his life. You will use the concepts learned in the 4 courses to achieve this target. You should consider different assets and different markets to achieve the investors goals by building an optimal portfolio which matches his profile. In the end you should also evaluate the performance of his portfolio.
Creators
Vaidya Nathan
Lecturer
Vikram Kuriyan
Clinical Professor of Finance
Ramabhadran Thirumalai
Assistant Professor
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