Empirical Finance

About

The purpose of the course is that students learn to apply financial theory in a practice. The focus will be on applied portfolio management. The course will present how to approach real world problems by analysing real life financial data within the spreadsheet environment of Excel. In short, the purpose of the course is that students adopt the tools necessary to use financial theory in a practical way which will benefit them in any finance or research related position. At completion of the course, students should be able to, as a minimum, (i) construct an optimal portfolio of assets/stocks, (ii) assess fund management performance, (iii) hedge (bond) portfolios from risk factors such as interest rate changes. The course will primarily take a financial management perspective and concentrate on the application of concepts.

Course leader

Ulf Nielsson

Target group

This is a graduate level course. CBS Summer University courses at Copenhagen Business School is open to all and welcomes domestic and international students as well as professionals.

Fee info