Description

Portfolio risk and return considers how risks within a portfolio context are typically quantified. As well as the math behind quantifying risk, including standard deviation, beta, correlation, and covariance.

Learning Objectives

  1. Determine how portfolio risk and return are typically quantified.
  2. Identify portfolio risk measures.
  3. Calculate risk using standard deviation.
  4. Calculate risk using beta.
  5. Calculate risk using covariance and correlation.
  6. Identify benefits of diversification.