Securities and Portfolio Management

Spring 2025 > Management & Business > FINA.6210 > 081

Course No: FINA.6210-081; SIS Class Nbr: 5764; SIS Term: 3430
Course Status: Open

Course Description

This course analyzes the main concepts in investments with a focus on the role and functioning on equity markets. Specific topics include security types and how they are traded, portfolio theory, the capital assets pricing model, efficient market hypothesis, and investing in funds. The contents of this course, descriptive, theoretical, and applied, are designed to help you evaluate investment alternatives for various investment goals and critically analyze equity markets.

Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor

  • Prerequisites: FINA.5010 Fundamentals of Finance, or permission of graduate program coordinator.
  • Special Notes: If not currently matriculated in a Manning School of Business program, please contact the MBA staff at MBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
  • Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
  • Instructor: Tunde Kovacs
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When Offered & Tuition

  • Online Course
  • 2025 Spring: Jan 21 to Mar 16
  • Course Level: Graduate
  • Tuition: $1965 | Pay as little as $400/mo for this course.
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  • Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

Related Programs: M.S. in Business Analytics, Online MBA, M.S. in Finance

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