Welcome to the course

Introduction to Portfolio Analysis in R

Kris Boudt

Professor, Free University Brussels & Amsterdam

Is investing monkey-business?

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Who am I?

• Professor of Finance

Who am I?

• Advisor to investment companies about risk optimized investment: Winning by losing less.

Diversify to avoid losses

Simple tricks

• To avoid large losses:
  • Carefully select diversified portfolios
  • Use backtesting and online performance monitoring

Simple tricks

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• DataCamp

Course overview

Course overview

Course overview

Course overview

Course overview

Course overview

Course overview

Let's practice!

Introduction to Portfolio Analysis in R