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.
This course is part of the Investment and Portfolio Management Specialization
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Approx. 15 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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Rice University
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
4 hours to complete
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 measures and how you use these measures to evaluate a portfolio’s performance relative to a benchmark.
4 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 66 min), 7 readings, 3 quizzes
5 hours to complete
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 understand how these measures differ from each other.
5 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 47 min), 8 readings, 2 quizzes
6 hours to complete
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.
6 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 40 min), 9 readings, 3 quizzes
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TOP REVIEWS FROM INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS
by BCJul 30, 2017
A really good course that I would certainly recommend. The only thing that let it down was that some of the solutions to the final quiz were incorrect and led to some frustration on the forum!
by MEFeb 14, 2018
Excellent course, unfortunately ruined by the lack of support from mentoring or teaching staff. Also getting a peer review assigned is very difficult, probably due to shortage of students.
by VFDec 16, 2017
I think that this particular course could have a bit deeper dive into the topic, felt more like a general overview compared to previous courses in the specialization.
by FRAug 24, 2020
The techniques learned i this course can be applied in various investment settings. The excel workings really make things easy and applicable
About the Investment and Portfolio Management Specialization
In this four-course Specialization, you’ll learn the essential skills of portfolio management and personal investing.
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