STATS237
Investment Portfolios, Derivative Securities, and Risk Measures
Statistics
H&S - Humanities & Sciences
Course Description
Asset returns and their volatilities. Markowitz portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model, multifactor pricing models. Measures of market risk and statistical models and methods for their estimation and backtesting. Financial derivatives and hedging. Black-Scholes pricing of European options and implied volatilities. Prerequisite: STATS 116 or equivalent.
Grading Basis
ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit
Min
3
Max
3
Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?
No
Course Component
Lecture
Enrollment Optional?
No
Programs
STATS237
is a
completion requirement
for:
- (from the following course set: )