Fall 2024
TOPICS IN QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
, 1.5 pts, E4728ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
The search for better performance has led investors to explore Alternative Investments that are outside the traditional categories of exchange traded equities, Treasury Bonds, and other
investment-grade fixed income products. The field of Alternative Investments covers a wide range of products such as convertible bonds, Preferred Shares, Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, and
Cryptocurrencies. There is a growing need in the market for students with knowledge of these products and the practical and theoretical know how of valuing and risk managing these investments given that each product has it own nuances and anomalies. This course presents and studies some major Alternative Investment products and ways to evaluate and risk manage them.
- Section Number
- 001
- Call Number
- 14574
- Day, Time & Location
- R 7:10PM-9:40PM 627 Seeley W. Mudd Building
- Instructor
- Khosrow Dehnad
