Audience

Managers, prospective managers, and anyone else within an organization involved in making business decisions

Prerequisites

An understanding of the principles of business finance

Course Aim

To describe ways to evaluate the risk involved for various different kinds of investments

Learning Objectives

Discuss risk and return on investments. Describe the main sources of risk related to investment. Explain the concept of standard deviations on investment returns. Calculate the past and expected standard deviation of returns for potential investments. Interpret the standard deviation on investments. Use the standard deviation of returns on investments to manage risk for investment portfolios. Describe the uses of beta coefficients. Perform a regression analysis for a stock. Demonstrate and discuss the use of the capital asset pricing model.

Topics Covered

Introducing Risk - Risk and Return - Hands-on: Evaluating Investments - Sources of Risk The Standard Deviation - Defining Standard Deviation - Individual Investments - Portfolio Risk - Portfolios Beta Coefficients - Using Beta Coefficients - Regression Analysis - Analyzing Beta Coefficients - The Capital Asset Pricing Model

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