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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study, Virtual Classroom | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Today, possessing the expertise and tools to create smart investment strategies is the need of the hour. You require a thorough understanding of how markets work and advanced quantitative tools, along with analytical skills. These will help you guide your active portfolio management and stock selections through uncertainty and into a profitable future. Hence, the Investment Strategies (Online) training addresses these topics and familiarises you with the essentials of active investing.
The 9-week Investment Strategies (Online) course syllabus dives deep into modern risk management and the fundamentals of capital markets. You’ll learn multiple key concepts, including major asset classes, active management, and portfolio considerations. And you can apply your acquired knowledge into practice as soon as you graduate.
Plus, the Investment Strategies (Online) program follows a cohort-based schedule, involving case studies, real-world applications, on-demand video lectures, case studies, and live office hours with the course leader. With its bite-sized learning approach, the curriculum allows you to study conveniently and master the concepts swiftly.
The Highlights
- Renowned faculty members
- Columbia Business School Executive Education’s offering
- Completion certificate awarded
- 4-6 hours/week required
- Flexible payment methods
- 9-week online programme
- On-demand video lectures
- Cohort-based programme
- Real-world applications
- Bite-sized learning
Programme Offerings
- industry-relevant case studies
- Columbia Business School Executive Education’s certificate
- 10-week virtual training
- Flexible payment methods
- Prestigious faculty members
- On-demand video lectures
- Bite-sized Learning
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Columbia Business School, New York |
Eligibility Criteria
To obtain the Investment Strategies (Online) course certificate, you must finish the entire programme.
What you will learn
Near the end of the Investment Strategies (Online) certification syllabus, you’ll become adept at: -
- Analysing the performance of your actively managed investment products
- Understanding theoretical foundations of active investment management
- Discussing the underlying empirical evidence that leads to investment decisions
- Applying analytical theory and modern risk management to stock selection
Who it is for
The Investment Strategies (Online) certification course is ideal for: -
- Risk managers
- Investment bankers
- Portfolio and asset managers
- Financial advisors
- Investment strategists
- Financial planners
- Traders
- Wealth advisors
- High net-worth individuals
- Fund management and investment executives
Admission Details
- https://online1.gsb.columbia.edu/investment-strategies-online - click here to reach the Investment Strategies (Online) programme webpage.
- Scroll down to locate the ‘Apply Now’ icon and click on it.
- Confirm the training commencement date and choose the ‘Start Application’ option.
- Fill up the on-screen enrolment form and proceed to payment.
- Pay the curriculum fee to get admission.
Application Details
The Investment Strategies (Online) training enrolment requires you to submit the duly-filled application form. This will need your full name, city, zip/postal code, street address, country of residence, region/province/state, nationality, citizenship, phone number, and gender. You must also provide your work experience details, i.e., number of years, company name, job function, industry, job title, and recent compensation (in USD).
The Syllabus
- Describe the difference between a stock and a bond
- Articulate the role assets, liabilities, and the corporate balance sheet play in the stock market
- Compare and contrast the opportunity versus the risk of leverage
- Identify the major asset classes (government bonds, stocks, etc.)
- Identify meaningful financial data using specific online resources, and be able to use that data to calculate informative economic indicators
- Analyze a long history of stock markets around the world, and draw conclusions from the historical data
- Calculate and graphically show the log return of a security over time
- Use readily available financial data to identify and calculate global historical stock and bond returns
- Measure standard deviation in multiple financial scenarios
- Define a drawdown
- Calculate the Sharpe ratio
- Identify a Sharpe ratio and discuss its impact in the asset management industry
- Interpret a correlation matrix and calculate its values
- Identify values for each piece of the Capital Asset Pricing Model equation and then, using available financial data, solve the equation using these values
- Calculate the price of the stock market using the dividend discount model
- Use the dividend discount model to calculate the price of individual stocks
- Discuss what it means for a market to be efficient
- Discuss the attractiveness of a stock in terms of an investment considering Discount rates and Growth rate of future dividends
- Calculate the dividend yield and discuss its impact on whether a stock is “cheap” or “expensive”
- Identify low and high P/E ratio stocks and discuss their impact on whether or not the stock should be considered cheap or expensive
- Articulate the principles of Shiller’s CAPE and discuss if there is a relationship to three-month T-bill rates
- Calculate the implied CAPE ratio at different levels of interest rates
- Analyze the CAPE ratio today as a way to estimate future stock returns
- Compare and contrast the CAPE model and the fed model’s predictive power to see which one seems to give you cleaner predictions
- Discuss the pros and cons of the CAPE model and the Fed model
- Identify a characteristic of a stock’s expected return that cannot be captured by the stock’s beta
- Articulate the current relevance of the size effect and your beliefs about whether or not is it still a useful tool in evaluating stock returns
- Identify value and growth stocks, and be able to articulate the current relevance of the value effect and your beliefs about whether or not is it still a useful tool in evaluating stock returns
- Identify past winning and losing momentum stocks and discuss their future prospects by looking at current market conditions
- Articulate the profitability model and identify and discuss the prospects of profitable and non-profitable stocks
- Discuss your thesis on what makes a good stock selection, making sure to build in the discipline of paying attention to historical stock regularities
- Discuss and show on a graph the ability to adjust the risk and achievable return of two securities and articulate which investment points on the graph would lead to a strong or weak portfolio
- Articulate the opportunity to balance the risk and reward of a combination of assets using the correlation between said assets
- Discuss diversification across a portfolio of more than two stocks
- Articulate at what point you can consider your portfolio diversified
Instructors
Columbia Business School, New York Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Absolutely! The programme is open to entrepreneurs.
The programme offers on-demand video lectures. Hence, if you skip any class, you can revisit it anytime,
The certificate will be delivered to you via email.
Dedicating just 4-6 hours/week should be enough to help you complete the Investment Strategies (Online) programme.
Yes, you can find it on the course portal. Simply fill in the required details to download it.