COMM 4732

Course Description

The course builds on the equity markets material in COMM 4710. We examine factor models, as used in practice, to both describe the risk vs. return trade-off in U.S. equity markets & to evaluate active equity portfolio managers. Given this framework, we define & examine a number of quantitative strategies including: value, momentum, low volatility (both long-only & long/short). Finally, we discuss the issue of interconnected portfolio strategies.