Financial Markets OverviewCovers financial markets structure, participants, government debt, asset managers, market sizes, derivatives, trading frequencies, orders, and portfolio returns.
Factor Models and CAPMCovers the Capital Asset Pricing Model, estimating betas, empirical evidence on returns versus beta, short-sale constraints, and optimal portfolio choice.
Arbitrage in Multiperiod ModelsExplores arbitrage in multiperiod models, covering dynamic trading, absence of arbitrage, trading strategies, discounted prices, and martingales.
Share-holder ActivismExplores the rise of share-holder activism, its impact on market performance, and the challenges faced by arbitrageurs in correcting mispricings.