Principles of Investment Portfolio Management (Fundamentals of Investment Portfolio Management)

This is truly the best audio review of PRINCIPLES OF INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT. This lecture is defining the term investment and discussing the returns and risks related to investments. This course will lead you step-by-step through every topic of litigation making even the most difficult concepts crystal clear. This lecture is designed for university students majoring in finances as well as for anyone interested in professional career in investments. TOPICS COVERED: what is an investment; investment defined; measures of return and risk; measures of historical rates of return; computing mean historical returns; single investment ; a portfolio of investments ; calculating expected rates of return; measuring the risk of expected rates of return; variance ; standard deviation ; a relative measure of risk ; risk measures for historical returns; determinants of required rates of return; the real risk-free rate; factors influencing the nominal risk-free rate; conditions in the capital market ; expected rate of inflation ; the common effect ; risk premium; risk premium and portfolio theory; fundamental risk versus systematic risk; summary of required rate of return; measures and sources of risk ; relationship between risk and return; movements along the sml; changes in capital market conditions or expected inflation; summary of changes in the required rate of return...