Investment Principles

General

Prefix

FIRE

Course Number

373

Course Level

Undergraduate

College/School

Herberger Business School

Description

Types of investment securities; security market operations; investment policies; security analysis and valuation principles: risk, return, and portfolio analysis; personal investment principles.

Prerequisites

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Identify and research a variety of sources of financial and investment information.

Outcome

Explore historical risk and return data for various asset classifications in order to examine and evaluate different valuation techniques.

Outcome

Participate in a security selection exercise (stock game) in which: using information from 1 and 2 above students will select an investment which they will enter as an individual game selection within their class section, and, as a group, each section of FIRE 373 will collaborate on and construct, a class portfolio with which to compete against other sections of FIRE 373, if any, as well as against an appropriate market benchmark. In doing so the student will begin to perform the tasks of the professional money manager.

Outcome

Be able to recognize the "Global Process of Investment Management", or the correct procedure to manage personal wealth throughout one's lifetime.

Dependencies

Courses

FIRE373 is a completion requirement for:

Programs

FIRE373 is a completion requirement for: