Syllabus

Title
2060 Investing in Emerging Markets
Instructors
PD Dr. David Hauner
Contact details
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
09/11/14 to 09/30/14
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
This class is only offered in winter semesters.
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Thursday 12/18/14 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM D1.1.074
Thursday 12/18/14 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM TC.4.15
Friday 12/19/14 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM TC.3.06
Saturday 12/20/14 09:00 AM - 02:30 PM D1.1.074
Contents

Investing in emerging markets from a practitioner's perspective: macro and micro drivers of growth; macro and political risks; economic policies and their impact on investments; capitalmarkets and their local and global drivers.

Bio: Priv-Doz Dr David Hauner, MA, CFA, is chief strategist and economist for CEE, the Middle East and Africa at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. He also worked at the InternationalMonetary Fund and Munich Re. He studied at Stanford, ESSEC and the University of Vienna.

Learning outcomes
Students will gain a basic understanding in what drives investment returns in emerging markets; how to analyze these factors; and how to express them in various asset classes.
Teaching/learning method(s)

The course will be highly interactive, and thus much of the assessment is based on active participation. Students will give presentations that will be enriched by active classroom discussionand real-world investment insights from the lecturer. Students will also work on a case study on investing in emerging markets. The course will conclude with an open-book exam to demonstrate that students have actively followed the course and are able to drawcoherent conclusions.

Assessment

50pc active participation; 25pc presentation; 25pc 2h open book exam at the end of the last day.

Each student should pleaseselect one topic from a list, (which will be distributed) for a 30 minute presentation. Use discretion inselecting the key parts of the publications, make good use of charts and skipthe technical parts. Feel free to use additional outside sources to enrich yourpresentations. The topics differ in length and difficulty: this will be takeninto account in the grading of the presentation. Please read as much of thematerial below as possible: it will show in your class room participation whichaccounts for most of the grade.

 The list with presentation topics is also available below in the category:

Detailinformationen zu einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungseinheiten


Recommended previous knowledge and skills
Introductory macro and finance
Availability of lecturer(s)
Only per email: hauner@stanfordalumni.org.
Last edited: 2014-08-18



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