The course is divided into six three-hour lectures, each with a particular topic. A large component of this course happens outside the classroom, consisting of readings and group assignments. Students should budget 4 hours of work per hour in the classroom. Students are expected to have read the course material proposed in the reading for each class and solve the respective exercises. The topics covered in this course are quite extensive and only part will be explicitly addressed in-class. Students are expected to be experienced with traditional Office tools such as Excel, Word and Powerpoint. In addition, students should have attended basic courses in Statistics and Finance.

Pre-requesites: NA