About this course: In this course, you will dive into the concepts of rationality and irrationality and understand how they impact our investment decisions and what the consequences can be at the market level. You will first explore the different biases that we, as humans, are subjected to when facing investment decisions and how they may impact the outcomes of these decisions. Moreover, you will see how emotions and ethical concerns such as honesty and trust influence market participants. When they are considered as a group rather than individually, you will discover how rationality and irrationality can drive asset prices to and away from their fair value. Finally, you will be presented with different portfolio construction methodologies and investment styles that make up the landscape of today's portfolio management industry. At key points throughout the course, you will benefit from the practical knowledge of experts from our corporate partner, UBS, in how to build and manage clients' portfolios.
Taught by: University of Geneva- Tony Berrada, SFI Associate Professor of Finance
Geneva Finance Research Institute
Taught by: University of Geneva- Jonas Demaurex, Teaching Assistant
Geneva Finance Research Institute
Taught by: University of Geneva- Rajna Gibson Brandon, SFI Senior Chaired Professor of Finance and Managing Director of the GFRI
Geneva Finance Research Institute
Taught by: University of Geneva- Michel Girardin, Lecturer in Macro-Finance - Project Leader for the "Investment Management" specialization
Geneva Finance Research Institute
Taught by: University of Geneva- Kerstin Preuschoff, Associate Professor of Neurofinance and Neuroeconomics
Geneva Finance Research Institute
Taught by: University of Geneva- Olivier Scaillet, SFI Senior Chaired Professor of Finance and Vice-dean (research) at GSEM
Geneva Finance Research Institute
Taught by: University of Geneva- Philip Valta, SFI Assistant Professor of Finance
Geneva Finance Research Institute
| Basic Info | Course 2 of 5 in the Investment Management Specialization |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: Why you should choose this course
- Reading: Course syllabus
- Video: An example: buying is easy, but when is it a good time to sell? - Buying
- Video: An example: buying is easy, but when is it a good time to sell? - Holding
- Video: An example: buying is easy, but when is it a good time to sell? - Selling
- Discussion Prompt: What about you?
- Video: The key things you need to know to define your investment profile - UBS guest speaker
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz on the relevant content of Course 1 (Understanding Financial Markets)
- Reading: Glossary
- Video: What you will learn in this Module
- Practice Quiz: Guess 2/3 of the average
- Video: Rational decision making
- Video: How our brain may misinterpret information
- Video: The basic steps in investment
- Video: Biases when choosing which assets to look at
- Video: Biases when processing financial information
- Video: Biases when rebalancing you portfolio
- Video: Biases when evaluating performance
- Video: Wrap up
- Video: How our emotions impact our investment decisions
- Video: Why we trade
- Video: What can we learn from this?
- Video: The role of media in financial markets
- Video: Honesty and trust in investment decision making - Study design
- Video: Honesty and trust in investment decision making - Study results
- Discussion Prompt: How would you enforce trust?
- Video: Impact Investing - UBS guest speaker
- Video: Are emotions always a bad thing in investing?
- Video: What you will learn in this Module
- Video: Defining market efficiency
- Video: Testing for the efficient market hypothesis: Weak form
- Video: Testing for the efficient market hypothesis: Semi strong form
- Video: Testing for the efficient market hypothesis: Strong form
- Discussion Prompt: Do you think markets are efficient?
- Video: Overview of different origins of financial crises
- Video: A first example for the development and fallout of a real crisis: the VW scandal
- Video: A second example for the development and fallout of a real crisis: oil shocks - 1970s
- Video: A second example for the development and fallout of a real crisis: oil shocks - 2000s
- Video: A first example of an anticipation crisis: 1987 - The "Fed Model"
- Video: A first example of an anticipation crisis: 1987 - The crash
- Video: A second example of an anticipation crisis: 2000
- Video: The perfect storm: the global financial crisis - Global imbalances
- Video: The perfect storm: the global financial crisis - Policy errors
- Video: The perfect storm: the global financial crisis - Lax regulation
- Video: How do central banks deal with the issue of financial (in)stability? - Course 1 recap
- Video: How do central banks deal with the issue of financial (in)stability? - Asset prices
- Video: An interview with Prof. Jean-Pierre Danthine
- Video: What you will learn in this Module
- Video: Building a portfolio the top-down way – Definition
- Video: Building a portfolio the top-down way – Use
- Video: Building a portfolio the top-down way – Importance
- Video: Portfolio construction via bottom-up - UBS guest speaker
- Video: Value versus growth
- Video: Fundamental or quantitative driven style? - UBS guest speaker
- Video: Contrarian versus momentum - Momentum
- Discussion Prompt: Give it a try: Momentum
- Video: Contrarian versus momentum - Contrarian
- Discussion Prompt: Give it a try: Contrarian
- Video: Core & satellite
- Video: Thematic investing - UBS guest speaker
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Amazing insights
I have learned quite a lot about investment styles and types and how to use my knowledge and character into making investment decisions. I also learned to be more realistic and logical and not be caught by emotions when I make investments. And to use all type of available information before I make an investment decision.
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This is very helpful in understanding the different strategies you can follow