Investing on financial markets
Enseignant responsable :
- DENIS BEAUDOIN
Description du contenu de l'enseignement :
The course aims at grasping key financial asset management principles and concepts, their goals, major means, common tools & constraints, in a search of a "reasonably optimal" portfolio.
I-A review of investment processes, techniques and models over time
II-Investment Process: investment philosophy, investment universe, asset selection, portfolio construction, risk monitoring, reporting
III-Diversification, factors & risk premia
IV-Risks & return assessment (VaR, CVaR, EVT, major ratios)
V-Directional & non-directional strategies for relative or absolute expected returns
VI-SRI, ESG and other non-financial inputs
VII- Case studies (investment themes & asset managers)
Pré-requis recommandés :
Open mindedness
Pré-requis obligatoires :
Prior knowledge of major financial markets instruments (equities, bonds, forex, commodities, derivatives
Coefficient : 1Compétence à acquérir :
Understanding asset management's purpose and optimization.
Understanding uncertainty reduction techniques to improve investment decisions over time.
Portfolio construction & risk-return analyses.
Mode de contrôle des connaissances :
Two team-based class presentations: a first one about a pre-approved theoritical subject, and a second one being a feedback following a meeting with a CIO or a CEO of a Paris-based asset management company (meetings arranged by the lecturer)
Bibliographie, lectures recommandées
Not easy: Expected Returns - An Investor ’ s Guide to Harvesting Market Rewards, by Antti Ilmanen, Wiley Finance (2011) Bedside reading: The Intelligent Investor, subtitled “ The definitive book on value investing ” , by Benjamin Graham, Harper Business Essentials (2006) Easier and entertaining: Fooled by randomness, subtitled “ The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets ” by Nassim Taleb, Penguin Books (2007)