Learn Different Investment and Portfolio Strategies in Rice’s Online Course 4

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Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis (Course 4)

In Course 4, you’ll learn about portfolio performance measures and best practices in portfolio performance evaluation. You will explore different evaluation techniques (for example, style analysis and attribution analysis) and apply them to evaluate different investment strategies. This course specializes in recent financial market innovations and current investment trends.

Who should attend:

Finance students pursuing careers in investment strategy courses, portfolio analysis, or related fields and are eager to learn investment strategies and build foundational skills in portfolio management.
Investment Professionals responsible for managing portfolios and evaluating performance in financial institutions or investment firms.
Individual or institutional investors focused on understanding performance measurement techniques, improving stock investment strategies, crafting a portfolio strategy, and staying competitive with innovative stock market strategies.

You will be able to:

Calculate and interpret different return and risk measures, using these tools to assess portfolio performance relative to benchmarks and identify good investment strategies.
Describe, contrast, and construct innovative investment portfolio strategies and stock market strategies tailored to current market trends and client-specific needs, creating the best investment strategy solutions.
Apply and utilize style and attribution analysis techniques to conduct in-depth portfolio analysis and evaluate stock trading strategies and active vs. passive investment strategies for optimal decision-making.

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MEET YOUR RICE PROFESSOR

Arzu Ozoguz

Dr. Arzu Ozoguz is a visiting assistant professor of finance at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. She conducts research in the areas of investments, corporate finance, and information economics. Her work focuses on how the information environment in financial markets affects the dynamics of asset prices and the cross-section of stock returns. More recently, she has been studying the interaction between the information in stock prices and firms’ real investment decisions.