Overview

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Offerings

DUBAI-ISC-TMD-INT-2018-ONGOING
KAPLAN-SGP-TMA-INT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

BUS224 Corporate Finance or BUS286 Corporate Finance
Students who have successfully completed BUS311 Investment Analysis may not enrol in this unit for credit.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate a critical understanding of key concepts and principles of financial investment analysis, including portfolio optimisation and managing investment risk

2.

Research and evaluate financial investment information ‐ historical and contemporary. Including risk and performance.

3.

Develop criteria for constructing optimal investment portfolios consistent with risk preferences of investors.

4.

Communicate financial information to a variety of stakeholders

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:
  • Investment environment and performance of investment companies
  • Risk-return profile of an individual security
  • Mean-variance portfolio theory and construction of optimal investment portfolio
  • Capital asset pricing models
  • Efficient market hypothesis
  • Financial statement analysis and introduction to options markets