Financial Engineering Practicum Capstone I

2 Credits

MFE students work in teams with a faculty mentor on the scoping, reach, coding, and technical feasibility of portfolio theory-based tools, risk management models, trading algorithms, or blockchain-based trading strategies initiated by the course’s corporate sponsors. Projects can be initiated by enterprising students. These sponsors are asset managers, algorithmic traders, blockchain professionals, bankers, published authors, investor advisors to ensure that the projects have real-world applicability. Written reports and oral presentations to sponsors are required. Open to MFE students only.