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Intermediate Level

Students should have intermediate to advanced undergraduate courses in: (i) probability and statistics, (ii) linear algebra, and (iii) calculus.

Approx. 14 hours to complete
English

Skills you will gain

  • Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • risk measurements
  • Value at Risk (VaR)
  • Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • transaction costs-modeling
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Intermediate Level

Students should have intermediate to advanced undergraduate courses in: (i) probability and statistics, (ii) linear algebra, and (iii) calculus.

Approx. 14 hours to complete
English

Offered by

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Columbia University

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1
Week 1
1 hour to complete

Course Overview

1 hour to complete
1 video (Total 9 min), 3 readings
Week2
Week 2
3 hours to complete

Mean-Variance Analysis and CAPM

3 hours to complete
11 videos (Total 98 min), 1 reading, 4 quizzes
Week3
Week 3
2 hours to complete

Assignment week

2 hours to complete
3 readings
Week4
Week 4
3 hours to complete

Practical Issues in Implementing Mean Variance

3 hours to complete
12 videos (Total 104 min), 1 reading, 5 quizzes

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Financial Engineering and Risk Management

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