Overview

In this Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis course offered by Coursera in partnership with Rice University, you will start by learning portfolio performance measures and discuss best practices.

You will explore different evaluation techniques such as style analysis and attribution analysis and apply them to evaluate different investment strategies. Special emphasis will be given to recent financial market innovations and current investment trends.

After this course, learners will be able to:

Describe performance measurement measures
Evaluate portfolio performance
Describe and contrast different investment strategies
Propose investment strategy solutions

Programme Structure

Course structure:

Sharpe ratio - general notion

Constructing the Sharpe ratio

Sortino ratio

Treynor’s measure

Jensen’s alpha

Appraisal ratio and information ratio

Comparing the risk-adjusted measures

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 14 days
- 10 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Self-paced

Campus Location

Mountain View, United States

Disciplines

Investment View 21 other Short Courses in Investment in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

This course is aimed at learners interested in finance and investment management who want to develop skills in evaluating portfolio performance and analyzing investment strategies to support informed decision‑making.

Tuition Fees

Additional Details

Course is free for the first 7 days. After 7 days, the course can be accessed with the Coursera Plus Subscription

Funding

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