Sumários

Revision Q&A Session (Optional)

20 Maio 2025, 18:30 Andrea Sofia Meireles Rodrigues


Revision Q&A session (optional) for final test/exam preparation.

Treynor-Black Model

29 Abril 2025, 17:00 Andrea Sofia Meireles Rodrigues


Active portfolio management and security analysis. Treynor-Black model: set up and assumptions, optimal risky portfolio, Sharpe ratio, and constraints.
Problem set 7.

International Diversification

29 Abril 2025, 15:30 Andrea Sofia Meireles Rodrigues


Global markets for equities: developed vs. emerging, market capitalisation and GDP. Home-country bias. Exchange rate risk and (covered or uncovered) interest rate parity; political risk. International diversification.
Problem set 6.

Portfolio Performance Evaluation and International Diversification

10 Abril 2025, 14:30 Andrea Sofia Meireles Rodrigues


Portfolio performance. Average portfolio return: time-weighted rate of return and money-weighted rate of return. Risk-adjusted performance measures: Sharpe ratio, Treynor measure, Jensen's alpha, information ratio, M2 measure, Sortino ratio; which measure is appropriate; role of alpha.
International diversification. Global markets for equities: developed and emerging; market capitalisation and GDP. Issues: home-country bias and factors.

Asset Pricing Models

9 Abril 2025, 14:30 Andrea Sofia Meireles Rodrigues


Problem set 5.