Behavioral Finance and Trading

2026/2027

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент финансов

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Мунензон Михаил

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course will focus on key concepts necessary for the understanding of behavioral finance and trading of markets. We will learn about various types of decision making biases; how and why they prevent success in trading; proper principles of creating, researching and implementing a trading strategy. We will also discuss risk management, the types of trading, various trading instruments and the business of trading. Applications to the real world situations will be emphasized throughout the course and will also lead to a practical course project. The course emphasizes Socratic style of learning through active, interactive class participation to improve thinking and public speaking

Learning Objectives

• Behavioral finance, trading, risk management, financial instruments, public speaking.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Learn about behavioral finance and human decision-making biases especially as it relates to markets related decisions
• Learn how to improve their mental and emotional resilience to become better decision makers in markets
• Evaluate various types of instruments for trading
• Learn and apply techniques for trading

Course Contents

• Trading, markets and human behavior
• Discipline and Mindset of trading
• Equity Valuation
• On edges, risk and trading process
• Types of trading, trading instruments and the business of trading
• Class presentations

Assessment Elements

• Class participation
• Class presentation
• Assignment: Project #1
• Assignments: Project #2
• Project #3/Final

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 3rd module
  0.2 * Assignments: Project #2 + 0.1 * Class participation + 0.4 * Project #3/Final + 0.2 * Assignment: Project #1 + 0.1 * Class presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• An Introduction to Trading in the Financial Markets: Trading, Markets, Instruments, and Processes, R. "Tee" Williams, 978-0-12-374839-3
• Investments, Reilly, F. K., 2006

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Anderson, Patrick. The Economics of Business Valuation : Towards a Value Functional Approach, Stanford University Press, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1211882.
• Essentials of Investment and Risk Analysis: Theory and Applications, Mihail Busu, 978-3-031-15056-2, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15056-2
• Investment analysis and portfolio management, Reilly, Frank K., 2024

Authors

• Soloveva Ekaterina Evgenevna