A term project is required. An integrative analysis of real estate insurance, taxes, and legislation as they impact commercial real estate ownership returns and risk. A term project is required. The financial applications of economic forecasting, economic model building, univariate and multivariate analysis, hypothesis testing, and probability theory. Uses statistical package for analysis.
Applications come from all areas of finance.
Explores financial decision making in depth using case studies and computer projects. Topics include cost of capital, capital budgeting, leasing, financial planning, financial statement analysis, leverage, and capital structure. Emphasis on interest rate theory, institution management, internationalization of markets and institutions and the role of government through regulation and monetary policy. Emphasizes, through simulation, the importance of portfolio management techniques and evaluation. Techniques of financial statement analysis, economic analysis, industry analysis, theoretical issues of efficient markets, technical analysis, and fundamental analysis.