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Overview
When an investor is faced with a portfolio choice problem, the number of possible assets and the various combinations and proportions in which each can be held can seem overwhelming. In this Portfolio Selection and Risk Management course offered by Coursera in partnership with Rice University, you’ll learn the basic principles underlying optimal portfolio construction, diversification, and risk management. You’ll start by acquiring the tools to characterize an investor’s risk and return tradeoff. You will next analyze how a portfolio choice problem can be structured and learn how to solve for and implement the optimal portfolio solution. Finally, you will learn about the main pricing models for equilibrium asset prices.
Learners will:
Develop risk and return measures for portfolio of assets
- Understand the main insights from modern portfolio theory based on diversification
- Describe and identify efficient portfolios that manage risk effectively
- Solve for portfolio with the best risk return tradeoffs
- Understand how risk preference drive optimal asset allocation decisions
- Describe and use equilibrium asset pricing models.
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Course structure:
- Measuring the expected return of a portfolio
- Let’s review how we measure risk for a single asset
- Finding the volatility of a portfolio return
- Portfolio volatility: Another example
- Measuring the co-movement between securities
- Putting it all together… portfolio risk and diversification
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Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Risk Management Investment View 28 other Short Courses in Investment in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Funding
Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.
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