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FIN-4274: Equity Securities: Analysis and Management

Description: Advanced valuation and analysis of equity securities with case applications. Critical analysis of advanced equity asset pricing models. Analysis of advanced equity portfolio management techniques, equity portfolio performance measurement, and equity portfolio performance attribution analysis. Identification and analysis of market anomalies and recent developments in equity analysis. Must have grade of C or better in prerequisites of FIN 3144 and 3154.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: FIN-3134 and FIN-3144 and FIN-3154

Required By: FIN-4276

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 30

Average GPA: 3.07 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 19.15%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.10%

Pengfei Ye202430.5%54.1%14.4%0.2%0.5%0.3%3.1512
Randall S Billingsley202434.1%41.0%19.2%2.5%0.9%2.4%3.0612
Jaideep Chowdhury202316.1%50.2%28.3%5.5%0.0%0.0%2.722
Roie Hauser202124.3%27.0%29.7%13.5%5.4%0.0%2.511
Jerchern Lin201940.0%29.6%18.1%7.3%5.0%0.0%2.922
Daniel Rodriguez202460.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.601

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W