• Syllabus
  • Introduction 1/14
  • 1/16 Lecture 1
  • 1/16 Lecture 2
  • Homework 1 Due 1/23. Please type and email me the file on/before 1/23.
  • solution for Homework 1 by ella gozali
  • solution for Homework 1 by david guild
  • 1/21 Uncertainty
  • 1/21 Lecture 3
  • 1/23 Lecture 4
  • 1/23, 1/28 Lecture 5
  • 1/23 Risky Assets
  • Homework 2 Due 1/30. Please type and email me the file on/before 1/30.
  • solution for Homework 2 by ella gozali
  • solution for Homework 2 by Nicolas Khouri
  • solution for Homework 2 Emmanuel Adorna
  • solution for Homework 2 Lexy Kassan
  • 1/28 Lecture 6
  • Homework 3 Due 2/4. Please type and email me the file on/before 2/4.
  • solution for Homework 3
  • 1/30, 2/4 Lecture 7
  • 2/4  Lecture 8
  • Exam 1, 2/6. This a take-home exam. There is no in-class lecture today since you are doing to do the take-home exam. I will post the exam questions on 2/6 before 11:30am. You will send me the answer on/before 11pm on 2/6. Of course, the answers must be typed. You may use Excel if you need to present graphs. You are expected to do the exam by yourself.
  • solution for Exam 1 by Nicolas Khouri.
  • solution for Exam 1 by David Guild.
  • solution for Exam 1 by Matthew Lencsak
  • 2/11   Lecture 7, Lecture 9
  • CAPM
  • CAPM Calculator
  • Efficient Frontier
  • Campbell Harvey on Optimal Portfolios.
  • Understanding Security Market Line
  • Freelance Presentation on the CAPM
  • Freelance Presentation on Testing the CAPM
  • Asset Pricing and Risk Management
  • Portfolio Statistics and the CAPM
  • Measuring Risk Franklin Allen
  • CAPM Franklin Allen
  • 2/13   Lecture 9,
  •  Lecture 10
  • Lecture 11
  • Lecture 12
  •  Homework 4 Due 2/20. Please type and email me the file on/before 2/20.
  • solution for Homework 4 by ella gozali
  • solution for Homework 4 by david guild
  • Lecture 13
  •  Homework 5 Due 2/25. Please type and email me the file on/before 2/25.
  • Homework 5 Solution
  •  Homework 6 Due 2/27. Please type and email me the file on/before 2/27.
  •  Homework 6 Solution
  • Lecture 14
  • Some useful programs.
  • Introduction to Diversification  MPEG file.
  • Efficient Frontier MPEG file.

  • Risk Aversion and Portfolio Choice MPEG file.
  • Optimal Portfolio Choice with a Risk Free Asset: MPEG file.

  • Introduction to the CAPM. MPEG file.
  • Using and Estimating Beta. MPEG file.
  • 2/ 25 Lecture 16
  • The CAPM
  • Using the CAPM
  • Testing the CAPM
  • Multi-Factor Models and the APT
  • Lecture 17
  • Lecture 18
  • Exam 2,  This a take-home exam. There is no in-class lecture on 3/6 since you are doing to do the take-home exam. I will post the exam questions on 3/5 You will send me the answer on/before 11pm on 3/6. Of course, the answers must be typed. You may use Excel if you need to present graphs. You are expected to do the exam by yourself.
  • solution for Exam 2 by David Guild.
  • solution for Exam 2 by ella gozali
  • solution for Exam 2 by Nicolas Khouri.
  •  Binomial Option Pricing Model
  • Lecture
  • Option
  • The Number and Compound Interest !
  • Compound Interest
  • 3/18 Lecture 19  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • Homework 7. #1 in 7 above. Due 3/25. Please type and email me the file on/before 3/25.
  • solution for Homework 7 by ella gozali
  • Homework 8. #2.3 on page 26 in Bjork (1998). lease type and email me the file on/before 3/27.
  • 3/20 Lecture 20  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • Homework 9. #4 in 7 above. Due 4/1. Please type and email me the file on/before 4/1..
  • lecture notes on elementary probability
  • 3/25 Lecture 21  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9 10
  • Brownian Motion
  • Ito Integral
  • Ito Lemma
  • Homework 10. #3.1 on page 49 in Bjork (1998). lease type and email me the file on/before 4/8.
  • 4/8
  • 4/10
  • Homework 11. #4.9 on page 67 in Bjork (1998). lease type and email me the file on/before 4/15.
  • Exam 3,  This a take-home exam. There is no in-class lecture on 4/24 and 4/29.  You will send me the answer on/before 11pm on 4/24. Of course, the answers must be typed.  You are expected to do the exam by yourself.
  • solution for Exam 3 by David Guild.
  • solution for Exam 3 by ella gozali