Department of Finance ETP Graduate Investments Fall 2011 Instructor: Professor Edward H. Chow Office: 261206, Phone: (02) 2939-3091 ext. 81206 E-mail: Office Hours: 02:00 - 03:00 p.m. Thursday and by appointment Course : Required text: HBS cases A reading packet prepared by the instructor Reference text: Investments, 8th ed., by Zvi Bodie. Alex Kane and Alan J. Marcus, distributor: (02) 2377-3877 You are encouraged to read: --Including A Life -cycle Guide to Personal Investing, by Burton G. Malkiel Asian Wall Street Journal, Economist, Investors Daily, Financial Times, Description: This course covers important topics in investment analysis. Much emphasis is on training the students to develop critical thinking ability in investment analysis and the formulation of investment strategy. The contents included are: investment process, asset allocation, asset selection decision, portfolio execution, performance evaluation, and corporate governance. The course is analytical in nature. Students should expect the course to be substantially more rigorous than its undergraduate counterparts. I expect you to have had basic knowledge of corporate finance, investments, economics, statistical analysis. An important part of class discussion is done through case studies. Requirements: This semester has sixteen of class meetings. The flow of our discussion will basically follow the schedule below. My objective
Department of Finance ETP Graduate Investments Fall 2011 Instructor: Professor Edward H. Chow Office: 261206, Phone: (02) 2939-3091 ext. 81206 E-mail: Office Hours: 02:00 - 03:00 p.m. Thursday and by appointment Course : Required text: HBS cases A reading packet prepared by the instructor Reference text: Investments, 8th ed., by Zvi Bodie. Alex Kane and Alan J. Marcus, distributor: (02) 2377-3877 You are encouraged to read: --Including A Life -cycle Guide to Personal Investing, by Burton G. Malkiel Asian Wall Street Journal, Economist, Investors Daily, Financial Times, Description: This course covers important topics in investment analysis. Much emphasis is on training the students to develop critical thinking ability in investment analysis and the formulation of investment strategy. The contents included are: investment process, asset allocation, asset selection decision, portfolio execution, performance evaluation, and corporate governance. The course is analytical in nature. Students should expect the course to be substantially more rigorous than its undergraduate counterparts. I expect you to have had basic knowledge of corporate finance, investments, economics, statistical analysis. An important part of class discussion is done through case studies. Requirements: This semester has sixteen of class meetings. The flow of our discussion will basically follow the schedule below. My objective