APPLIED SECURITY ANALYSIS AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT II

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: FINANCE 675 (or FINANCE 835 prior to Fall 2026) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess the value of publicly traded equity and fixed income securities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the causes of mispriced securities: how to identify mispriced securities and how to evaluate the success of an evaluation process and decisions through the active management of a portfolio. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop portfolios designed to produce consistent positive returns and/or outperform benchmarks without taking on significant absolute or incremental risk. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess portfolio level risk using traditional measures of volatility and projected risk on both an absolute and relative basis using factor risk models. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Recognize and apply the importance of ethical behavior within the investment industry and practice the application of a framework to work through ethical dilemmas. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Utilize a team structure to sharpen communication and collaboration skills in an effort to successfully execute an active management strategy, and obtain an investment industry job upon graduation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Apply contemporary research to enhance portfolio management strategies. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess the value of publicly traded equity and fixed income securities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the causes of mispriced securities: how to identify mispriced securities and how to evaluate the success of an evaluation process and decisions through the active management of a portfolio. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop portfolios designed to produce consistent positive returns and/or outperform benchmarks without taking on significant absolute or incremental risk. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess portfolio level risk using traditional measures of volatility and projected risk on both an absolute and relative basis using factor risk models. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Recognize and apply the importance of ethical behavior within the investment industry and practice the application of a framework to work through ethical dilemmas. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Utilize a team structure to sharpen communication and collaboration skills in an effort to successfully execute an active management strategy, and obtain an investment industry job upon graduation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Apply contemporary research to enhance portfolio management strategies. Audience: Graduate