MFIN8803 · Finance
Carroll School of Management
This course provides a detailed introduction to quantitative portfolio management techniques. After a review of basic investment theory and statistical methods, we will concentrate our class discussion on the following issues: mean-variance portfolio construction methods in theory and in practice and the role for active quantitative portfolio managementSTEM-designated
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4.6 / 5
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Challenge
4.6 / 5
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Attendance
4.6 / 5
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Assignments
4.7 / 5
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Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
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Across time
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Spring 2025
2 sectionsSpring 2024
1 sectionSpring 2023
2 sectionsFall 2022
1 sectionSummer 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
2 sectionsFall 2021
1 sectionSummer 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
2 sectionsSummer 2020
1 sectionSpring 2020
2 sections