Asset Allocation and Investment Strategies 2400-QFU1AAIS

Selected topics in the course:
-Market Volatility and Uncertainty Drivers
-Risk Management Techniques
-US Economic Data and Global Market Influence
-Gold Market Dynamics and Inflation Hedging
-Federal Reserve Policy and Interest Rate Decisions
-Technical Analysis versus Fundamental Analysis Approaches
-Tactical Asset Allocation Strategies
-Maximum Drawdown versus Standard Deviation Risk Measures
-Long-Short Investment Strategies
-Statistical Arbitrage and Pairs Trading Techniques
-Momentum Investing and Trend Following Methods
-Support and Resistance Level Trading
-High-Frequency Trading Market Impact
-Option Expiry Effects on Price Movements
-Corporate Stock Buyback Market Influence
-Price-to-Earnings Ratio Types and Market Valuation
-Discounted Cash Flow Model Challenges
-Market Microstructure and Order Book Dynamics
-ETFs and Passive Investment Growth
-Value Investing versus Momentum Investments
-Investment Time Horizon and Risk Tolerance
-Financial Asset Categories and Portfolio Diversification
-Market Drawdowns
-Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Markets
-Treasury Yield Trends and Demographics Influence
-Hedge Funds vs. other asset classes: investment forms, sources of risk, return and diversification
-Digital Assets vs other asset classes: investment forms, sources of risk, return and diversification
-Real Estate and Infrastructure investments, sources of risk, return and diversification
-Natural Resources: investing in raw land, timberland, farmland, sources of risk, return and diversification

Estimated student workload:
Type of activity K (contractual) S (independent)
lecture (classes) 30 (K) 0 (S)
practical classes 0 (K) 0 (S)
exam 1 (K) 0 (S)
consultations with lecturer 9 (K) 0 (S)
consultations with lecturer 0 (K) 0 (S)
preparing for lectures 0 (K) 25 (S)
preparing for test 0 (K) 0 (S)
preparing for exam 0 (K) 10 (S)
… 0 (K) 0 (S)
total 40 (K) 35 (S) = 75