About this course: In this course, you will learn about latest investment strategies and performance evaluation. You will start by learning portfolio performance measures and discuss best practices in portfolio performance evaluation. You will explore different evaluation techniques such as style analysis and attribution analysis and apply them to evaluate different investment strategies. Special emphasis will be given to recent financial market innovations and current investment trends. After this course, learners will be able to: • Describe performance measurement measures • Evaluate portfolio performance • Describe and contrast different investment strategies • Propose investment strategy solutions
Created by: Rice University
Taught by: Arzu Ozoguz, Finance Faculty
Jones Graduate School of Business
| Basic Info |
Course 4 of 5 in the
Investment and Portfolio Management Specialization.
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| Commitment | 4 weeks of study |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Performance measurement and benchmarking
In this module, we focus on the central problem of performance measurement: how do you assess the increase in your wealth over a given period and evaluate the risk that was involved? In this module, you will learn how to calculate different return and risk mea...
9 videos, 7 readings, 2 practice quizzes
Graded: Performance measurement and benchmarking
WEEK 2
Active vs. passive investing: Risk-adjusted return measures
In this module, we focus on constructing return-to-risk measures in order to compare investments in terms of their desirability. You are going to learn several different ways to calculate risk-adjusted return measures for an actively managed fund and understan...
9 videos, 7 readings, 1 practice quiz
Graded: Active vs. passive investing: Risk-adjusted return measures
WEEK 3
Performance evaluation: Style analysis and performance attribution
In this module, you are going to learn to use two analytical tools that are widely used in practice to evaluate what the portfolio performance can be attributed to.
You will first learn about style analysis. Then, you will learn about attribution analysis, wh...
7 videos, 9 readings, 2 practice quizzes
Graded: Performance evaluation: Style analysis and performance attribution
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Quizzes and assignments have some errors. The forum response is slow, but the lectures are superb. I learned a lot!