2022 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Investments in securities I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Kazuto Doi / Mayuko Nakamaru
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 11-12 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.A536
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course covers “security investments”, a main subject of finance courses in business school in the US and Europe as well as “corporate finance”. “Investments in securities I” mainly discusses various types of asset valuation models.
This course aims that students will be able to understand the nature behind price movements and events in the financial markets by gaining solid understandings of financial systems, asset classes, asset valuation theories and portfolio theory.
Course description and aims
Students will learn the following skills from taking this course.
1) Be able to explain financial system, asset classes
2) Be able to explain basic theory of asset valuation and models
3) Be able to explain the idea of efficient market hypothesis
4) Be able to consider the nature behind price movements and events in the financial markets by themselves
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
An instructor with work experiences in the asset management industry will provide hands-on education in finance theory, based on practice in the field that features the practical application of the theories.
Keywords
Asymmetric information, Portfolio, Risk, Risk Premium, Diversification, Arbitrage, Efficient Market Hypothesis
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture style with some class interactions with quiz and financial news. Students are encouraged to participate actively. Welcome questions in class
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Financial markets and playes | To understand financial system |
| Class 2 | Risk and investors’ preference | To understand risk and expected utility |
| Class 3 | Portfolio theory1 | To understand portfolio theory by Markowitz |
| Class 4 | Portfolio theory2 | ditto |
| Class 5 | The Capital Asset Pricing Model | To understand CAPM |
| Class 6 | Multi-factor models and Arbitrage pricing theory | To understand arbitrage pricing theory |
| Class 7 | Risk neutral pricing | To understand more general pricing theory |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
No text book is set.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Investments/Zvi Bodi et al.
Shin-Shouken Touhiron I/ Takao Kobayashi and Toshio Serizawa
Shin-Shouken Touhiron II/ Keisuke Ito et al.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Report and quiz: 100% Active class participation can be plus
Related courses
- TIM.A537 ： Investments in securities II
- TIM.A534 ： Corporate Finance I
- TIM.A535 ： Corporate Finance II
Prerequisites
None required
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