Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Derivative Securities (Master Degree)

Derivatives are financial instruments whose returns depend on the performance of some other underlying assets. They are used extensively to manage financial risk. This course will study the building blocks of derivatives; futures, forwards and options, and examine their use in a number of applications including hedging, portfolio management and raising capital. The course will also study the se......
 

Equity Portfolio Management builds on modern portfolio theory to develop a framework for active portfolio management. Within the context of portfolio optimization, the course provides a general framework for designing, evaluating and implementing a variety of active strategies for selecting common stock portfolios. The essence of active management lies in forecasting abnormal returns and, to th......
 

This course develops the advanced theoretical constructs of corporate financial decision making. Students are involved with the fundamental decisions and compromises of financial managers as they face the issues related to capital budgeting, cost of capital, dividend policy, long-term financing and mergers, and working capital management. The course presumes that students have a thorough unders......
 

The Duquesne University Investment Center introduces students to a wide variety of technologies that are used by investment professionals around the world. Having real-time access to worldwide stock, bond, commodity, futures, currency and options data, students and faculty conduct a variety of analytical projects and research. Coursework assignments leverage the investment center extensively, a......
 

Students may choose to use their 15 credits of elective courses to increase their depth of knowledge in Environmental Management. A minimum of 9 credits of coursework in any one area is required for a concentration, as noted in the Policy and Course Description Bulletin. EMS 531 Environmental Management (Required) EMS 534 Environmental Risk Assessment EMS 535 Environmental Public R......
 

The business ethics concentration courses deal with ethical decision-making processes within business contexts and promotes the recognition of ethically sensitive issues and areas in business. Courses include: GRBUS 612 Organizational Ethics GRBUS 614 Global Ethics GRBUS 649 Research Problems - Business Ethics Focus COMM 504 Responsibility and Ethics in Communication (Communication......
 

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