Financial theory applied to capital structure; investment decisions; corporate valuation; and corporate financial policies.

Portfolio theory with applications to the markets for equities, fixed income securities, and options. Risk analysis and investment strategies.

Financial Statement Analysis for Investment Management is designed to develop your ability to analyze financial statements for the purposes of investment management and will cover the materials in the CFA Level 1 and Level 2 exam curricula. Corporations have a fair degree of latitude for reporting results within the bounds of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 'outside of the United and States' and Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (GAAP) within the United States. A financial analyst needs to have an understanding of the implications of managers' financial reporting choices in order to make meaningful valuation assessments.

This course is designed to introduce students to fixed income markets and securities. The basic analytical tools of fixed income valuation are also presented.

This course is designed to provide students with a hands-on introduction to fundamental valuation, and financial decision making. The course objectives are to integrate and operationalize the various topics included in managerial finance, i.e., the financing and investment decisions. The course builds upon and reinforces the theoretical and institutional framework presented in the first semester core courses, primarily through the vehicle of case studies.

International finance markets and the financial management of the multinational firm.

The Portfolio Management Theory course provides an overview of portfolio management from the point of view of a trust officer, mutual fund manager, pension fund manager, or other manager of securities. It will provide an introduction to the management of investment portfolios. The course is taught from the viewpoint of the institutional money manager. An integrated case analysis is designed to give the student the opportunity to apply what has been presented in the text and the classroom. Just as in real life, the case requires you to analyze a situation and suggest a solution to that situation. Also, just as in real life, there may not be a unique solution to the case.

This course will explore how psychological biases influence our traditional decision-making process along with insights into alternative theories, anomalies and their influence on asset pricing. In addition, this course will introduce students to the new paradigm shift in examining financial markets.

FIN 429/529 is intended to help students to understand the economy, the stock market, the bond market, currencies, monetary policy, and fiscal policy, the goal is for students to become more conversant about the markets, economy, and policy. In addition, this course is intended to help you to learn how to process the financial news, stay up to date, and become a more-informed citizen.

This class will focus heavily, but not exclusively, on current events. Students will be provided with detailed notes about current events, lectures will be a review of those notes in order to provide more detail and to allow students to hear about the concepts. Students will also be provided with material that covers background knowledge that will be required in order to understand the current events.

While students will need to watch lectures and complete some homework assignments, the real learning will result from constantly reviewing the material so that it becomes second-nature to you.

This course is designed to introduce you to current issues in finance. The first part of the course is dedicated to what can be broadly defined as financial technology or more commonly, fintech. The second part of the course is dedicated to ESG (Environmental, social and governance) issues. Next, we discuss reforms that have been implemented after the financial crisis of 2007-08, and whether the new bank resolution powers of regulators were effective at reducing markets' expectations that the largest financial institutions are too big to fail. At the end of the course we will cover topics based on students' preferences. At the graduate level, special attention will be given to understanding and critically assessing the available empirical evidence and methods used in the academic literature related to these topics.

Role of entrepreneurship and innovation in economic growth. Development of new venture idea and assessment of financial requirements and potential.

The focus of this course is on evaluating, financing, and managing investments in real property.

This course is designed to provide students with a firm understanding of the concepts, tools and practices associated with property valuation and due diligence process.