ECON 106V
Investments
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 102. Recommended: course 106F. Enforced corequisite: course 106VL. Enrollment priority to Business Economics majors. Introduction to principles investment and portfolio theory. Topics include optimal portfolio construction, fixed income analysis, option pricing theory, and active portfolio management. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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He does follow the textbook most of the time. But sometimes he tries to deviate from what's on the textbook and teaches it in his own way. Exams are based on mostly the homework questions assigned. Yes, you may be able to study them and do well in exams. But final is cumulative so it's nearly impossible to know nearly 100 questions. Very irresponsible. He spent 1 lesson on last 3 chapters, only presenting the basic equation and theory without going into details. I ended up self-studying for it. Not much extra hours offered even before finals week. Be prepared to study on your own time a lot if you are to take him.
He does follow the textbook most of the time. But sometimes he tries to deviate from what's on the textbook and teaches it in his own way. Exams are based on mostly the homework questions assigned. Yes, you may be able to study them and do well in exams. But final is cumulative so it's nearly impossible to know nearly 100 questions. Very irresponsible. He spent 1 lesson on last 3 chapters, only presenting the basic equation and theory without going into details. I ended up self-studying for it. Not much extra hours offered even before finals week. Be prepared to study on your own time a lot if you are to take him.
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Summer 2015 - Professor Rojas prepares very good slides and delivers lectures in an easy-to-follow way. I like how he uses markers of different colors for lecture notes. Econ 106V is not hard, but actually fun and beneficial, if you take this class with Professor Rojas! Highly recommended!! :) P.S. Attending lectures is very important as he will walk you through the slides and concepts.
Summer 2015 - Professor Rojas prepares very good slides and delivers lectures in an easy-to-follow way. I like how he uses markers of different colors for lecture notes. Econ 106V is not hard, but actually fun and beneficial, if you take this class with Professor Rojas! Highly recommended!! :) P.S. Attending lectures is very important as he will walk you through the slides and concepts.
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Winter 2019 - This is a really interesting and useful class. I feel like all econ majors should take it. The lab makes you apply the theory you learn to real world applications. Labs are tricky but extremely rewarding. I sincerely feel like this class teaches you theory, but also teaches you very useful applications (how to create an optimal portfolio from different stocks, how refinancing of mortgages works). In terms of lecture, I don't think it's important to go. Weill posts all lectures with notes online. If there's something you don't understand, just look it up. I never used the book either but I've heard it's very helpful. The material itself is not that difficult. In order to do well on exams, you really have to understand it though. He lets you bring a cheat sheet to the midterm and two to the final. I noticed that a lot of students write down all the formulas and graphs, but don't actually understand any of it- which makes it very challenging to answer questions on the midterm and final. I thought both exams were extremely fair. The class itself did not take me much time. I probably spent 4 hours/week on this class. With this being said, I'm also a FAM major, so bond theory/amortization is something I already knew about coming in. I sincerely don't think the class is that challenging though. I don't think some of the previous responses are accurate. First of all, my class in specific was not curved down. In fact, there was a slight boost. Also, this class doesn't "ruin your GPA". If you actually understand the material and don't just copy formulas on your sheet and bring it to class, I don't see how you could get below a B. I felt like it was really easy to get an A.
Winter 2019 - This is a really interesting and useful class. I feel like all econ majors should take it. The lab makes you apply the theory you learn to real world applications. Labs are tricky but extremely rewarding. I sincerely feel like this class teaches you theory, but also teaches you very useful applications (how to create an optimal portfolio from different stocks, how refinancing of mortgages works). In terms of lecture, I don't think it's important to go. Weill posts all lectures with notes online. If there's something you don't understand, just look it up. I never used the book either but I've heard it's very helpful. The material itself is not that difficult. In order to do well on exams, you really have to understand it though. He lets you bring a cheat sheet to the midterm and two to the final. I noticed that a lot of students write down all the formulas and graphs, but don't actually understand any of it- which makes it very challenging to answer questions on the midterm and final. I thought both exams were extremely fair. The class itself did not take me much time. I probably spent 4 hours/week on this class. With this being said, I'm also a FAM major, so bond theory/amortization is something I already knew about coming in. I sincerely don't think the class is that challenging though. I don't think some of the previous responses are accurate. First of all, my class in specific was not curved down. In fact, there was a slight boost. Also, this class doesn't "ruin your GPA". If you actually understand the material and don't just copy formulas on your sheet and bring it to class, I don't see how you could get below a B. I felt like it was really easy to get an A.
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