MFIN 8801 Investments
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
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.25 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.45 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 14
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Robert James | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 71 of 79 |
| Fall 2025 | Bozidar Jovanovic | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 52 of 56 |
| Fall 2025 | Robert James | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 35 of 37 |
| Fall 2025 | Vincent Bogousslavsky | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 48 of 54 |
| Summer 2025 | Cheng Jiang | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 20 of 21 |
| Spring 2025 | Robert James | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 27 of 30 |
| Fall 2024 | Robert James | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 39 of 44 |
| Fall 2024 | Vincent Bogousslavsky | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 39 of 42 |
| Summer 2024 | Michael Barry | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | — | 9 of 12 |
| Spring 2024 | Robert James | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 63 of 69 |
| Fall 2023 | David Solomon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 of 42 |
| Fall 2023 | Robert James | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 of 42 |
| Summer 2023 | Michael Barry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 of 10 |
| Spring 2023 | Robert James | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 31 of 32 |
| Spring 2023 | Vincent Bogousslavsky | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 36 of 42 |
| Fall 2022 | David Solomon | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4–6 hrs/week | 34 of 35 |
| Fall 2022 | Michael Barry | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 7–9 hrs/week | 38 of 41 |
| Fall 2022 | Robert James | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 43 of 43 |
| Summer 2022 | Michael Barry | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 4 of 14 |
| Spring 2022 | Michael Barry | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | — | 16 of 32 |
| Spring 2022 | Robert James | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 21 of 51 |
| Fall 2021 | David Solomon | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 23 of 40 |
| Fall 2021 | Michael Barry | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 37 |
| Fall 2021 | Robert James | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 25 of 43 |
Data freshness
Instructors
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 01