Columbia Business School

Investment Strategies (Online)

Columbia Business School

Finance & Investing

About Programme

Having the tools and knowledge to develop smart investment strategies has perhaps never been the current global climate. You need a solid understanding of how markets work combined with cutting-edge analytical skills and advanced quantitative tools that can guide management through uncertainty and into the future.

As a participant in the Investment Strategies (Online) program, you get an introduction to the investing as well as an incisive overview of capital markets and modern risk management. And you can put your knowledge into practice immediately.

Succeeding in active investing requires knowledge of the markets, confidence in crunching the numbers, and skill in analyzing and managing your investment instruments and risks. In this program, you will:

Analyze the performance of actively managed investment products
Discuss the underlying empirical evidence that informs investment decisions
Understand the theoretical foundation of active investment management
Apply modern risk management and analytical theory to stock selection

Please contact our partners at Emeritus at [email protected] , +1 315-982-5094, or +1 315-277-2746 for a personal conversation to learn more.

Delivered in collaboration with

Blending financial history, theory, and data, this program emphasizes prudent risk management and data-driven decision making to help you make sound financial choices, avoid common investing pitfalls, and set you on a path of lifelong learning about markets and investing.

Harry Mamaysky

Programme Content

Our approach provides the tools and frameworks that will help you measure risk, analyze bond markets, run regression analyses, define the yield curve, and learn the tools of forecasting.

The program is comprised of the following weekly sessions:

Week 1: Orientation
Week 2: Introduction to Capital Markets
Week 3: Major Asset Classes
Week 4: Risk and Investing
Week 5: Active Management
Week 6: Market Risk Premium, Part I
Week 7: Market Risk Premium, Part II
Week 8: Patterns in Stock Returns, Part I
Week 9: Patterns in Stock Returns, Part II
Week 10: Portfolio Considerations

Real-World Tools and Examples

During the program, you’ll be introduced to and will interact with real-world tools and examples that reinforce the lessons presented in powerful and concrete ways. Some examples include:

FRED & Yahoo Finance Use FRED, the online Federal Reserve Economic Database, Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory Database website, and the Yahoo Finance database to collect data needed to complete financial calculations that will help you make informed financial decisions in various activities.

Financial Times or the Wall Street Journal Use these periodicals as a general resource to help expand your knowledge in investing and finance.

LTCM Hedge Fund Explore this real-world example of a hedge fund that was publicly affected by leverage and learn what went wrong.

For full details of the curriculum, please download the brochure .

Programme Audience

Investment Strategies (Online) is ideal for financial professionals seeking to advance their competencies, entrepreneurs looking for a deeper understanding of investment management, and individual investors pursuing advanced skills.

Participants may include professionals with the following titles:

Investment Bankers
Asset and Portfolio Managers
Risk Managers
Financial Advisors
Financial Planners
Investment Strategists
Wealth Advisors
Traders
Investment and Fund Management Executives
High Net-Worth Individuals
Entrepreneurs

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Columbia Business School

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New York, USA

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