This course provides an overview of the investment environment for the institutional money manager. The market mechanism, market equilibrium, the relationship between risk and return and the valuation of various investment instruments are investigated.

This course reviews current behavioral research on intuitive judgment, belief formation, risk attitudes, and emotion. The findings help to explain financial decisions made by individual investors, households and money managers. This course is a prerequisite for FIN 582 and FIN 583. It is especially useful for students who plan a career as financial advisors.

This course studies the behavior of world equity markets from a psychological perspective. Topics include equity portfolio management, investor sentiment, value and growth investing, market under- and overreaction to news and the quality of analysts' earnings forecasts and stock recommendations. Selected aspects of bond, derivative, and currency markets are also discussed.

This course asks how psychological, sociological and organizational forces shape the strategic investment, restructuring, and financing decisions made by top managers in corporations. Topics include capital budgeting, earnings management, investor relations, executive compensation and the role of corporate boards.