2013 Unit of Study
The session(s) below are for 2013. For Summer School 2013 unit of study availability please visit the Summer School website (main Summer session January/February 2013).
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| Financial Strategy | |
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| UoS Code | FINC6007 |
| Credit points | 6 |
| Offered | Semester 2 |
| Prerequisites | FINC5001 |
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| Lectures | 1x 3hr seminar per week |
| Assessment | Individual assignment (20%); Group assignment (30%); Final exam (50%) |
| Description | This unit explores value investment principles used in investment strategies. Both investment strategies and company strategies are analysed to examine how to translate a company\\\'s strategy into shareholders\\\' profit. The course also provides students the skill set of analysing and interpreting financial reports, identifying good investment and avoiding financial scandals. Great investment practitioners\\\' (Benjamin Graham, Warren E. Buffett and Charles Munger) works are studied in details in this course. |