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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Foundations of Investment Theory

AB603 · Financial Securities Markets — Week 4 of 16

CourseAB603
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Foundations of Investment Theory

  1. Risk-return trade-offs
  2. Markowitz modern portfolio theory
  3. Capital Asset Pricing Model
  4. Arbitrage Pricing Theory
  5. Ses 13: Risk and Return II & Portfolio Theory I
  6. The capital asset pricing model (part 1) - ACCA (AFM) lectures

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Explain the principles of investment theory.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the principles of investment theory.

Study materials

Videos

  • The capital asset pricing model (part 1) - ACCA (AFM) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 30 min · for registered students
  • Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model · YouTube · Gresham College · 65 min · for registered students
  • Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model - Raghavendra Rau · YouTube · Gresham College · 65 min · for registered students
  • Portfolio theory - ACCA (AFM) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 20 min · for registered students
  • Session 5: Risk and Return Models · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 90 min · for registered students
  • The capital asset pricing model (part 2) - ACCA (AFM) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 28 min · for registered students
  • Session 5 (Undergraduate): Risk and Return Models · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 82 min · for registered students
  • Capital asset pricing model (part a) - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 19 min · for registered students
  • Capital asset pricing model (part b) - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 21 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 15: How to Think about Investing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 455–482 · for registered students
  • MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I, lecture notes: Portfolio Theory · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
  • MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I, lecture notes: The CAPM and APT · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Equity and Debt Securities
  • Week 2: Derivatives and Hybrid Instruments
  • Week 3: Strategic Uses of Securities
  • Week 4: Foundations of Investment Theory
  • Week 5: Valuation of Financial Assets
  • Week 6: Market Analysis and Market Efficiency
  • Week 7: Securities Trading Procedures and Execution
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: The Rationale for Financial Regulation
  • Week 10: Regulatory Architectures and Statutory Frameworks
  • Week 11: Trading Regulations and Market Integrity
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Securities Markets in practice: case stu…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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