FINC311-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Investments

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

Description

The theoretical principles of investments and their applications to investment policy.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:
-          Understand major investment media and quantify and evaluate their risks and returns.
-          Understand the theoretical basis and practical implementations of widely-used asset pricing theories.
-          Explain the elements of industry and competitive analysis
-          Define valuation and intrinsic value and explain possible sources of perceived mispricing
-          Discuss the use of equity valuation
-          Illustrate the broad criteria for choosing an appropriate approach for valuing a particular company
-          Quantify financial risk and evaluate investment performance.

Prerequisites

FINC201, FINC203, MATH101 or MATH102 or MATH108

Restrictions

FINC364, AFIS314

Course Coordinator

Huong Dang

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 40%
Quizzes 30%
Mid-Term Test 30%


In order to pass the course, you must obtain:
(i) A grade of 45% or better on the final exam; and
(ii) An average grade of 50% or better overall

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Bodie, Zvi. , Kane, Alex., Marcus, Alan J; Investments ; 9th ed; McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2011.

Course links

Course Outline

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $682.00

International fee $3,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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