This course is part of the Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets Specialization

Prasanna Tantri

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Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets SpecializationIndian School of Business

About this Course

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This course covers two of the seven trading strategies that work in emerging markets. The seven  include strategies based on momentum, momentum crashes, price reversal, persistence of earnings, quality of earnings, underlying business growth, behavioral biases and textual analysis of business reports about the company.
In the first part of the course, you will learn how to read an academic paper. What parts to pay attention to and what parts to skim through will be discussed here. For every strategy, first you will be introduced to the original research and then how to implement the strategy.

The first strategy, Piotroski F -score will be discussed in detail. You will be taught how to calculate the F - Score and how to use this score in a strategy. This is followed by the next strategy, Post earnings announcement drift (PEAD).

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Approx. 12 hours to complete

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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Skills you will gain

Trading StrategyPost-Earnings-Announcement Drift (PEAD)F1 ScoreTrading

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100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 2 of 5 in the

Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets Specialization

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Intermediate Level

Approx. 12 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Instructor

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Prasanna Tantri

Assistant Professor of Finance

Executive Director, Center for Analytical Finance

45,254 Learners

3 Courses

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Indian School of Business

The Indian School of Business has successfully put India on the global map of management education by nurturing young leaders with an understanding of developing economies and the society at large. Through innovations in curricula and pedagogy to reflect the shifting business landscape, the ISB is committed to providing the best venue for management education to meet the growing need to develop young leaders who can manage global challenges.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Module 1 - Introduction to Trading Strategies and Benchmarks

After completing this module you will be able to understand what market efficiency means. You will be able to list different types of market efficiencies.

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 27 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

2 videos

Disclaimer8m

Introduction to Trading Strategies18m

2 readings

Disclaimer10m

Are markets efficient?30m

2 practice exercises

Practice Quiz30m

Quiz 140m

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

How to read an academic paper

After completing this module you will be able to read and understand an academic paper. You will know what are the important parts of a paper and how to build a trading strategy based on them.

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 66 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

4 videos

How to read an academic paper - a14m

How to read an academic paper - b10m

How to read an academic paper - c20m

How to read an academic paper - Abstract20m

1 reading

How to read and get the most out of a journal article20m

2 practice exercises

Practice Quiz20m

Quiz 21h

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Module 3 - Trading Strategy 1 - F Score

After completing this module you will understand the Piotroski F Score Strategy and the economic intuition behind it. You also be able to implement the trading strategy.

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 75 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

Piotroski F-Score : Strategy - a16m

Piotroski F-Score : Strategy - b14m

Piotroski F-Score : Strategy - c18m

Piotroski F-Score : Implementation - a12m

Piotroski F-Score : Implementation - b12m

1 reading

Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers1h

1 practice exercise

Quiz 31h 15m

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Module 4 - Trading Strategy 2 - PEAD

In this module you will learn a strategy based on Post earnings announcement drift and will be able to implement it.

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 49 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

4 videos

Piotroski F-Score : Wrap up5m

Post Earnings Announcement Drift (PEAD) - a15m

Post Earnings Announcement Drift (PEAD) - b12m

Wrap up15m

1 reading

An Empirical Evaluation of Accounting Income Numbers1h

2 practice exercises

Practice Quiz16m

Quiz 440m

About the Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets Specialization

This Specialization equips individual investors and money managers with the skills required to develop their own trading strategies and test them. When you complete the Specialization, you’ll be ready to apply eight ready-made trading strategies, based on rigorous academic research, that have been shown to be. You’ll also be able to design your own trading strategy, back test it, and measure its performance.

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