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Finance
 
FIN 725 Applied Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management
  3 hours Elective Terms Offered: W09, W10
  Advisory Prerequisites: ACC 712 
  Cross-listed with: ACC 725 
   
  Applied Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management --- In this course students act as portfolio managers for the RSB Student Managed Fund. Student teams follow and analyze particular sectors, pitching stocks from their sectors to their peers. Through a number of applied assignments, students learn to use the cutting-edge tools available in the Tozzi Finance Center. The course covers forecasting returns, controlling risks, controlling costs, and optimizing a portfolio. The emphasis of the course is on combining the skills acquired in traditional courses with the latest financial technology to develop effective strategies for active portfolio management.
 
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