Equity Research Analyst

Course Description

This course examines the theory and practice behind the organization value for the equity investors. Students will learn about key economic principles that drive well-functioning financial markets along with practical, institutional details necessary to navigate them. The course covers enterprise value, value to the equity shareholders, various methods of valuation, fundamental analysis, equity research report. Given that markets fail periodically, students will also study why they do so by examining some modern systemic and endemic market crises. A key feature of this course is the discussion of current news events at the start of each class, with mostly students leading them, that is intended to reinforce concepts we learn through real world applications. Students will learn to critically evaluate a current market-related issue from the perspective of different stakeholders, including that of regulators. They will also learn to understand and make decisions, based on sound economic intuition and good institutional knowledge rather than through heuristics.