Foundations of Capital Markets

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This course provides a rigorous treatment of the fundamental principles of asset valuation, investments, and investment management. Topics include time value of money and discounting, diversification and risk, arbitrage and hedging, asset allocation, asset pricing models (including the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), factor models, and consumption based asset pricing), active portfolio management, performance evaluation, and the interaction between capital markets and the macro economy. This course is for MMS: Duke Kunshan University students. Taught at Duke Kunshan University.