MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR CHOICES OF PORTFOLIO

Course objectives

Provide students with an analysis of the theoretical and applied aspects of the management of securities portfolios. In particular through the study of the theory of Markowitz you get to evaluate the particular property, risk-return perspective, portfolios than securities that compose them. It also aims to provide an analysis of the capital market through the CAPM classic. By changing some assumptions you get to build equilibrium models more realistic as the zero beta model and models with taxation of capital gains and returns. In order to provide a wide horizon of analysis deals with the study of the utility and stochastic dominance. Finally, as the appropriate end of the course, it proposes the student to address the performance evaluation of portfolio through the use of appropriate indexes. The above is supported by practical applications on the computer.

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Uncertainty and Financial Decisions Elements of preference theory Utility Theory Principle of Portfolio theory The CAPM The Single Index Model
Prerequisites
Linear algebra, Differential calculus
Books
Lecture notes
Frequency
Recommended
Exam mode
Written test. Project assessment
Bibliography
Manuale di Finanza - Castellani, De Felice, Moriconi - Ed. Il Mulino - volume secondo
Lesson mode
Lecture
  • Lesson code1018074
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseFinancial institutions, international finance and risk management
  • CurriculumBanking and Finance
  • Year1st year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDSECS-S/06
  • CFU9