MSFA 730 - Behavioral Finance

Unit(s): 2

This course examines how limited information, limited attention and limited rationality impact financial markets. After a review of ‘heuristics and bias’ literature, we discuss trading strategies in markets whose structure give rise to momentum, bubbles and segmented markets with limited arbitrage.

Prerequisite: ECON 712 or concurrent MSFA 712 or MBA 6109
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Financial Analysis Major
School of Management