ECON (195RS) - Investment Strategies ** available as of 08/15/2011

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

Economics

Description:

Examines issues in personal investment strategies. Emphasis on portfolio selection. Topics include behavioral finance, mutual funds, data-mining, diversification, dollar cost averaging, efficient market hypothesis, equity premium, exchange-traded funds, expenses and transaction costs, Islamic funds, junk bonds, inflation indexed bonds, life cycle investing, market timing, passive versus active investing, predicting performance, pumping performance, rebalancing, sector funds, stock market anomalies, survivorship bias, tax managed investing, time zone arbitrage, and Tobin's Q. Reading/discussion. Research paper and midterm/final exams. Prerequisites: Econ 105D and Econ 110D. Instructor: Tower

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Seminar

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Institution Website:

WWW.DUKE.EDU

Phone Number:

(919) 684-8111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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