Spring 2027

Investment Theory and Practice

Investment Theory and Practice covers the theory, instruments, techniques, and practice of modern investment management, including asset pricing, portfolio management, and derivative securities.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.57 GPA, 77.1% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.81 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 72.2% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Formulate the trade-off between risk and return for real-world investment problems

  • Describe the distribution of returns on broad asset classes

  • Use portfolio optimization techniques to develop an asset allocation for an investor

  • Examine factor models of returns

  • Compare different equilibrium security pricing models

  • Debate market efficiency

  • Compute bond prices and relate them to term structure theory

  • Apply interest rate risk management to solve real-world problems

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Prerequisites

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(FINANCE 700 and GEN BUS 704), declared in graduate Business Exchange program, or Financial Economics MS

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      • Financial Economics MS
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FINANCE 720

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.57 GPA, 77.1% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.81 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 72.2% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Asset pricing and valuation under certainty and uncertainty
  • Portfolio management
  • Determination of interest rates and immunization strategies
  • Derivative securities
  • Factor models of returns
  • Market efficiency

Skills

  • Formulating the trade-off between risk and return for real-world investment problems
  • Using portfolio optimization techniques to develop an asset allocation for an investor
  • Computing bond prices and relating them to term structure theory
  • Applying interest rate risk management to solve real-world problems

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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