Hedge Fund Strategies

3 credits · Graduate

This course combines broad exposure to the many types of hedge funds and their strategies, together with hands-on development of unique investment strategies within student teams. Course content delivered via speakers representing different sectors of the hedge fund industry, lectures, readings and individual and team projects. Students also learn about investing in hedge funds, including evaluation of fund performance. Concurrently, student teams develop their own investment strategies by exploring unique expertise and insights that are resident within the teams, forming original theses on changes and catalysts, incorporating lessons from hedge fund speakers, and crafting investment strategies designed to capitalize on the teams’ insights.