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66278 - Portfolio Theory and Financial Calculus

Academic Year 2012/2013

Teacher Franco Nardini
Number of credits 4
SSD SECS-S/06
Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
Lingua Italian
Versione italiana

Learning outcomes

Nowadays investment and finance practice currently commands a high level of computational skills fueled by the extraordinary growth of information and computing technology and its application to the new theoretical developments. The course aims at illustrating how the models introduced in the course Financial Mathematics (Matematica Finanziaria) and Basic Finance and Examples in Tourism can be mastered and transformed into practical numerical solutions of actual investment problems.

Course contents

Financial models in financial statement simulation and portfolio analysis.

Implementation of spreadsheet based models in the analysis of financial problems.

Limitations of and extensions to the simulation, valuation and financial modeling frameworks most commonly used in financial and investment analysis.

Readings/Bibliography

Benninga, Simon: Financial Modelling-3rd  ed. .  – MIT Cambridge Mass. 2008

it. translation: Benninga, Simon: Modelli finanziari-2nd  ed. .  – McGraw Hill. 2010

Teaching methods

laboratory activity which provides the opportunity to investigate and verify formulas and procedures taught in the course of Business Mathematics (Matematica Finanziaria)

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment

Teaching tools

Every student will work with his own computer throughout the entire course.

There is no rigid a-priori program and problems raised by students are welcome.

Language of instruction

Italian

Office hours

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