NBA 5980

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NBA 5980
Behavioral Finance

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Behavioral Finance is a theory on the irrationality of stock markets. Unlike traditional finance theories, behavioral finance argues that some financial market phenomena can plausibly be understood only under the assumption that some market participants are not fully rational. This course introduces the conceptual framework of behavioral finance and then applies the framework to issues in stock market investment. Topics include: (1) investor psychological bias and irrational trading behavior, and how to overcome our own biases in stock trading; (2) limits of arbitrage and the risk of leveraged convergence trading; (3) stock index market timing (and why market timing is far more important in emerging markets around the world than in the US); (4) typical behavioral finance approaches in constructing outperforming stock portfolios (including value, momentum, size, earnings quality, corporate governance, effects of short-sale constraint, and many other effects); (5) applying behavioral finance concepts to understanding China's stock market (as an example of emerging equity markets).

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1.5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15380 NBA 5980   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode:
    Open to all students ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** Deadline to Change Grading Option: 4:00pm on September 16th Add/Drop Dates: Johnson Students ¿ August 11th at 8:00am to September 9th at 4:00pm. Non-Johnson Students: September 2nd at 8:00am to September 9th at 4:00pm. You may add or drop a first-half class after September 9th with permission of the faculty. A late fee of $100.00 will be charged for each add or drop transaction. If you are dropping after September 16th you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees. Non-Johnson students may add themselves to the waitlists during their enrollment periods, however Johnson Students have priority into the classes and non-Johnsons will be enrolled: 1) IF seats are still available after Johnson students complete their enrollment period and 2) IF the instructor allows.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1.5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15381 NBA 5980   LEC 002

  •  

  • Instruction Mode:
    Open to all students ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** Deadline to Change Grading Option: 4:00pm on September 16th Add/Drop Dates: Johnson Students ¿ August 11th at 8:00am to September 9th at 4:00pm. Non-Johnson Students: September 2nd at 8:00am to September 9th at 4:00pm. You may add or drop a first-half class after September 9th with permission of the faculty. A late fee of $100.00 will be charged for each add or drop transaction. If you are dropping after September 16th you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees. Non-Johnson students may add themselves to the waitlists during their enrollment periods, however Johnson Students have priority into the classes and non-Johnsons will be enrolled: 1) IF seats are still available after Johnson students complete their enrollment period and 2) IF the instructor allows.