Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.81 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Spring 2027
Applied Equity Markets Research 1
Capstone course in applied equity markets research covering investments, sales, trading, and pitching equity securities for long or short positions.
offering recorded3 credits
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Assess business models so as to understand the future performance and intrinsic value of a particular business
Develop a framework to assess business quality and how it might change over time
Identify key drivers of an industry and company
Analyze the financial information that comes to market from the companies as a means to extrapolate future information
Develop a view (a preliminary investment thesis) utilizing a methodology to develop forecasts and projected financial model for a company
Write a short investment thesis and recommendation for a company’s stock
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
152152 letter grades
A63.2%63.2%
AB31.6%31.6%
B5.3%5.3%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Professors
Spring 2027Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.81 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ADAM SWEET is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MATTHEW GOETZINGER is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
RICKY SANDLER is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 20 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).
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Topics
- Investments, research, sales, and trading
- Industry and company driver identification
- Business quality assessment frameworks
Skills
- Business model assessment and intrinsic value estimation
- Financial forecasting and modeling
- Investment thesis writing and recommendation
- Analysis of public financial information
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
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Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A75.0%75.0%
AB18.8%18.8%
B6.3%6.3%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Through Spring 2026
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Applied Equity Markets Research 1
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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