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About the Course

When an investor is faced with a portfolio choice problem, the number of possible assets and the various combinations and proportions in which each can be held can seem overwhelming. In this course, you’ll learn the basic principles underlying optimal portfolio construction, diversification, and risk management. You’ll start by acquiring the tools to characterize an investor’s risk and return trade-off. You will next analyze how a portfolio choice problem can be structured and learn how to solve for and implement the optimal portfolio solution. Finally, you will learn about the main pricing models for equilibrium asset prices. Learners will: • Develop risk and return measures for portfolio of assets • Understand the main insights from modern portfolio theory based on diversification • Describe and identify efficient portfolios that manage risk effectively • Solve for portfolio with the best risk-return trade-offs • Understand how risk preference drive optimal asset allocation decisions • Describe and use equilibrium asset pricing models....

Top reviews

MK

Feb 1, 2021

The course was very comprehensive and easy to understand. The instructors made sure that they are giving the information in a way that won't make me confused. Thank you so much for this great course!

JC

Mar 2, 2020

I love how Dr O teach by telling a story. Her Teaching technique is different from the college boring classes that I have been.

I wish she offer more courses.

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By Benjamin B

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Aug 17, 2020

The lecture content was decent, but the math was tough for someone who hasn't taken any math classes in decades. However, the biggest issue I had was the lack of assistance with excel formulas needed for the peer-graded assignments. I spent more time googling how to use excel than I did learning content. Also, the discussion boards were useless because they were filled with spammed messages of people asking for others to review their work. The course creators should do a better job moderating/deleting these posts.

By James C

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Nov 18, 2019

The subject matter and material was very good but the assignments were ambiguous and confusing. I had to spend a lot of time in the discussion forum or online trying to find the correct formulas or how to exactly complete the assignment because the instructions are so vague. For example one of the first assignments doesn't specify whether the data should be monthly or annually.

By Neelkanth S M

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Oct 2, 2019

Delay caused due to insufficient number of available submissions to review

By Shady A

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Jul 31, 2021

I have never ever stopped in a middle of a course, Because I like completing to the finish.(it makes me feel bad)

This course in this series of courses I stopped in week 4, I was close to the finish but throwing on an Excel file with many calculation made by the instructor with no explanations is horrible ! you try to figure it out based on learnt material but here and there you get stuck and you can't continue (Because its an investing course-you have to be accurate and understand), what now ? the forum isn't that Alive until you get an answer a year passes by . cannot contact the instructor in any form.

I am very disappointed, I tried searching the forum but nobody explained or they did ask and nobody answered, so what is the point ?

2 weeks passed not touching this course and seems like I have to take it from the beginning .

It's not a well built course series .

By HARISH S

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Jul 21, 2021

Pros: 1) Fantastic Course and Explanation by the Professor. 2)The course feels very well structured. Doesnt take a big jump anywhere. All previous lectures build up to the subsequent lectures. Cons: 1) Week 4 Assignment is by far the toughest assignment in this course. Hence a lot emphasis on video lectures instead of reading materials should have been provided. 2) The Reading materials are very weak and not much useful. Probably you would have to look up at Youtube to finish Week 4. My overall review is it is a fantastic course and I got to learn a lot from it.

By Joao P d P C

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Mar 21, 2021

Content is excellent and the assignments are well planned and challenging. The only problem I had was with week 4 peer assignment as the course itself didn't provide enough material to solve it and I had to spent a lot of time looking for outside sources on how to do matrix formulas formulas for calculating weights and covariance matrixes for the GMV and MVE portfolios

By Victor J S

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Aug 28, 2022

I found this to be one of the best courses in investing that I have taken. It was informative, challenging and insightful. Looking forward the next course in this sequence. 

The peer reviews did not add to the learning experience and in my opinion should be eliminated from this course.

By Mohamed A R

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Feb 28, 2023

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By José M

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Feb 8, 2021

Es un curso muy recomendable. Tener la oportunidad de estudiar temas de finanzas en una universidad prestigiosa y con docencia de calidad es un verdadero privilegio.

By Tomas W

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Oct 30, 2022

Easily understandable, well explained. Missing recommended literature - this would help a lot. Some info can be found in CAPITAL MARKETS by F.J. Fabozzi

By Sergio O A A

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Apr 8, 2021

It's an excellent course, but in my opinion this kind of courses need more examples to be more comprehensive and friendly to the people en general.

By Olivio A C J

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Jul 3, 2021

Very good explanations. The homeworks helped a lot to understand the concepts explained. I think it was a quite good course to do.

By Santiago R R

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Oct 13, 2020

Amazing and challenging course. Loved every part of it and full-heartedly recommend it.

By Alfredo L

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Apr 2, 2021

Very strong concepts on how to diversify risk and how to find the optimal portfolio

By Abdullah F

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Nov 11, 2018

This is the most informative in depth short course i ever across. Learned a lot!

By Guillaume S

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Nov 26, 2017

It's technical but really interesting. The quality of video and audio is great.

By Raul Z

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Mar 21, 2022

Coursse was excelent, Excersices very helpul. I would apreciate more of them.

By Phuong N

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May 2, 2019

J'aime bien ce cours. C'est vraiment utile pour ma carrière! Merci Doctor O.

By Akhil G G

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Jun 25, 2017

The course is great. It was very tough but a nice experience for me.

By Daniel C

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Feb 13, 2023

Thank you so mucho to Dr.O I learnt I lot with this course!

By Abdullah Ç

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May 9, 2019

An excellent course for understanding the portfolio theory

By Sania N

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Jul 1, 2020

Very in depth and a challenging course.

By Attilio P

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Sep 5, 2019

Need to be more faster in reviewing

By Terri C

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Dec 17, 2016

I've learnt a lot from this course!

By Gerard B

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Jun 15, 2020

Dr O is great!

Excellent course.