MFIN 8801 Investments

Name: Investments
Rating: 4.25 (768 reviews)

In a competitive market, investors allocate funds among financial securities in response to perceived values and subjective attitudes toward risk. This course addresses the issues that seem to determine the relative values of financial instruments and the techniques available to assist the investor in making risk/return tradeoff.

Course overview

Department: Finance
School: CSOM
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall,Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites: MFIN7704

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.25 / 5

Based on 768 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Cheng Jiang
Summer 2026, Summer 2025 · Official rating 4.68/5
David Solomon
Fall 2026, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.25/5
Robert James
Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.57/5
Bozidar Jovanovic
Fall 2025 · Official rating 3.94/5
Michael Barry
Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.19/5
Vincent Bogousslavsky
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.60/5

Sections

Section 01
Summer 2026 · Cheng Jiang · Fulton Hall 115 MW 06:30PM-09:30PM · Offered
Section 01
Fall 2026 · Robert James · On-line Asynchronous · Offered
Section 02
Fall 2026 · Robert James · Fulton Hall 250 M 07:00PM-09:30PM · Offered
Section 03
Fall 2026 · David Solomon · Fulton Hall 250 M 04:30PM-06:50PM · Offered