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Introduction to Finance: The Capital Asset Pricing Model

Finance

Workshop Info

The Capital Asset Pricing Model
Seeking Alpha or “beating” the market is the investor’s number one objective. What are the investors minimum return expectations, how do those expectations compare to the market and or other asset classes? This workshop assesses the risk or volatility of a portfolio of stocks to understand such movements versus market movements using regression analysis.

January 20 – May 4, 2024
Time for all workshops: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET

The Introduction to Finance Seminar workshops cover various finance related concepts such as Time Value of Money, Stock and Bond Return Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Valuations, as well as an overview of the capital markets. Students are welcome to attend any workshop. The workshops are grouped into 4 main themes of finance as follows:

• Modern Portfolio Analysis
• Capital Markets
• Financial Statement Analysis & Corporate Valuation
• Financial Risk Management

How To Join a Session

Click on the Join a Session button at 11:00 am ET on the day of your desired workshop. Each workshop ends at 12:30 pm ET.