21210145 - Investments

The course provides students with concepts, theories and instruments to understanding and realizing investment strategies in the financial market. It mixes the knowledge of rigorous and analytical tools with the analysis and discussion of real data and cases. The course focuses on equity, bond and derivatives markets as core market segments, their functioning and how it is possible to construct and manage portfolio strategies by efficiently combining stocks, bonds and derivatives as well as measure the risk and performance of such strategies.

Curriculum

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Fruizione: 21210454 Sustainable finance and ESG investing in Economia dell'ambiente, lavoro e sviluppo sostenibile LM-56 MORRESI OTTORINO

Programma

The main topics of the course are as follows:

- The investment environment and process: securities, stock exchanges and financial intermediaries
- Securities and markets: the buying and selling process, types of orders, price formation, transaction costs, short sales.
- Market indexes: construction and analysis.
- Market efficiency: weak, strong and semi-strong efficiency, investor behaviour.
- Financial analysis of common stocks: fundamental analysis vs. technical analysis – principles and main techniques (DDM, multiples, trading rules).
- Equity portfolio selection and analysis: the process of constructing and analysing efficient portfolios, CAPM and factor models; investment and portfolio management strategies (passive vs. active strategies, growth vs. value strategies, fundamental vs. technical strategies, momentum strategies, tax efficient strategies, anomalies).
- Evaluation of portfolio performance and risk:
o Return measurement: TWR vs. MWR; one period vs. multiperiod.
o Risk measurement: absolute, downside, relative risk.
o Risk-adjusted measures of performance.
o Assessing skill: stock selection vs. market timing; distinguishing skill from luck.
o Performance attribution.
- Bond analysis and portfolio management strategies:
o Bond market.
o Valuation of standard and structured bonds.
o Yield curve, term structure theories and their empirical evidence.
o Determinants of yield spreads and default prediction models.
o Bond portfolio management: indexing strategies, interest rate anticipation strategies, credit risk strategies.
- Derivatives contracts: options, futures and swaps markets; strategies with derivatives.
- Asset management industry (investment firms and mutual funds): categories, strategies, fees, performance.


Testi Adottati

Reilly, F.K., Brown, K.C., Leeds, S.J., 2019. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 11th Edition, Cengage Learning

or

Bodie, Z., Kane, A., Marcus, A. J., 2018. Investments, International Edition, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill.


Modalità Erogazione

Il corso sarà tenuto attraverso lezioni in presenza

Modalità Frequenza

La frequenza è consigliata

Modalità Valutazione

Esame orale

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Fruizione: 21210454 Sustainable finance and ESG investing in Economia dell'ambiente, lavoro e sviluppo sostenibile LM-56 MORRESI OTTORINO

Programma

The main topics of the course are as follows:

- The investment environment and process: securities, stock exchanges and financial intermediaries
- Securities and markets: the buying and selling process, types of orders, price formation, transaction costs, short sales.
- Market indexes: construction and analysis.
- Market efficiency: weak, strong and semi-strong efficiency, investor behaviour.
- Financial analysis of common stocks: fundamental analysis vs. technical analysis – principles and main techniques (DDM, multiples, trading rules).
- Equity portfolio selection and analysis: the process of constructing and analysing efficient portfolios, CAPM and factor models; investment and portfolio management strategies (passive vs. active strategies, growth vs. value strategies, fundamental vs. technical strategies, momentum strategies, tax efficient strategies, anomalies).
- Evaluation of portfolio performance and risk:
o Return measurement: TWR vs. MWR; one period vs. multiperiod.
o Risk measurement: absolute, downside, relative risk.
o Risk-adjusted measures of performance.
o Assessing skill: stock selection vs. market timing; distinguishing skill from luck.
o Performance attribution.
- Bond analysis and portfolio management strategies:
o Bond market.
o Valuation of standard and structured bonds.
o Yield curve, term structure theories and their empirical evidence.
o Determinants of yield spreads and default prediction models.
o Bond portfolio management: indexing strategies, interest rate anticipation strategies, credit risk strategies.
- Derivatives contracts: options, futures and swaps markets; strategies with derivatives.
- Asset management industry (investment firms and mutual funds): categories, strategies, fees, performance.


Testi Adottati

Reilly, F.K., Brown, K.C., Leeds, S.J., 2019. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 11th Edition, Cengage Learning

or

Bodie, Z., Kane, A., Marcus, A. J., 2018. Investments, International Edition, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill.


Modalità Erogazione

Il corso sarà tenuto attraverso lezioni in presenza

Modalità Frequenza

La frequenza è consigliata

Modalità Valutazione

Esame orale

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Fruizione: 21210454 Sustainable finance and ESG investing in Economia dell'ambiente, lavoro e sviluppo sostenibile LM-56 MORRESI OTTORINO

Programma

The main topics of the course are as follows:

- The investment environment and process: securities, stock exchanges and financial intermediaries
- Securities and markets: the buying and selling process, types of orders, price formation, transaction costs, short sales.
- Market indexes: construction and analysis.
- Market efficiency: weak, strong and semi-strong efficiency, investor behaviour.
- Financial analysis of common stocks: fundamental analysis vs. technical analysis – principles and main techniques (DDM, multiples, trading rules).
- Equity portfolio selection and analysis: the process of constructing and analysing efficient portfolios, CAPM and factor models; investment and portfolio management strategies (passive vs. active strategies, growth vs. value strategies, fundamental vs. technical strategies, momentum strategies, tax efficient strategies, anomalies).
- Evaluation of portfolio performance and risk:
o Return measurement: TWR vs. MWR; one period vs. multiperiod.
o Risk measurement: absolute, downside, relative risk.
o Risk-adjusted measures of performance.
o Assessing skill: stock selection vs. market timing; distinguishing skill from luck.
o Performance attribution.
- Bond analysis and portfolio management strategies:
o Bond market.
o Valuation of standard and structured bonds.
o Yield curve, term structure theories and their empirical evidence.
o Determinants of yield spreads and default prediction models.
o Bond portfolio management: indexing strategies, interest rate anticipation strategies, credit risk strategies.
- Derivatives contracts: options, futures and swaps markets; strategies with derivatives.
- Asset management industry (investment firms and mutual funds): categories, strategies, fees, performance.


Testi Adottati

Reilly, F.K., Brown, K.C., Leeds, S.J., 2019. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 11th Edition, Cengage Learning

or

Bodie, Z., Kane, A., Marcus, A. J., 2018. Investments, International Edition, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill.


Modalità Erogazione

Il corso sarà tenuto attraverso lezioni in presenza

Modalità Frequenza

La frequenza è consigliata

Modalità Valutazione

Esame orale

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Fruizione: 21210454 Sustainable finance and ESG investing in Economia dell'ambiente, lavoro e sviluppo sostenibile LM-56 MORRESI OTTORINO

Programma

The main topics of the course are as follows:

- The investment environment and process: securities, stock exchanges and financial intermediaries
- Securities and markets: the buying and selling process, types of orders, price formation, transaction costs, short sales.
- Market indexes: construction and analysis.
- Market efficiency: weak, strong and semi-strong efficiency, investor behaviour.
- Financial analysis of common stocks: fundamental analysis vs. technical analysis – principles and main techniques (DDM, multiples, trading rules).
- Equity portfolio selection and analysis: the process of constructing and analysing efficient portfolios, CAPM and factor models; investment and portfolio management strategies (passive vs. active strategies, growth vs. value strategies, fundamental vs. technical strategies, momentum strategies, tax efficient strategies, anomalies).
- Evaluation of portfolio performance and risk:
o Return measurement: TWR vs. MWR; one period vs. multiperiod.
o Risk measurement: absolute, downside, relative risk.
o Risk-adjusted measures of performance.
o Assessing skill: stock selection vs. market timing; distinguishing skill from luck.
o Performance attribution.
- Bond analysis and portfolio management strategies:
o Bond market.
o Valuation of standard and structured bonds.
o Yield curve, term structure theories and their empirical evidence.
o Determinants of yield spreads and default prediction models.
o Bond portfolio management: indexing strategies, interest rate anticipation strategies, credit risk strategies.
- Derivatives contracts: options, futures and swaps markets; strategies with derivatives.
- Asset management industry (investment firms and mutual funds): categories, strategies, fees, performance.


Testi Adottati

Reilly, F.K., Brown, K.C., Leeds, S.J., 2019. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 11th Edition, Cengage Learning

or

Bodie, Z., Kane, A., Marcus, A. J., 2018. Investments, International Edition, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill.


Modalità Erogazione

Il corso sarà tenuto attraverso lezioni in presenza

Modalità Frequenza

La frequenza è consigliata

Modalità Valutazione

Esame orale