So, I had a Securities Analysis final this week and it really took over my life.  Summer classes wear me out.  Cramming a semester’s worth of work into 8 weeks is tough.  I said it last year, and I am going to say it again this year…I will never take another summer class .  With an anticipated graduation date of spring of 2009, hopefully, I can stick to it this time.

I definitely had some problems on the final.  I completely forgot that when a portfolio is efficient, it has a correlation with the market of 1.  This really set the stage for some problems on the test.  I think I tried to put too much into my head three days before the test, and that little knol slipped.  Overall though, I am not disappointed.  With any luck, I will still slip by with an A or B in the class.

Regardless of the grade, I learned a lot from the class.  I interviewed a financial analyst concerning a stock that I was researching.  I was completely amazed at how much he knew about the company.  It really impressed upon me the amount of time and energy that goes into setting the prices for securities in our financial markets. We also spent a lot of time covering portfolio theory and capital market theory.  These are two somewhat related theories on how to manage risk in your portfolio.  I took a number of ideas from these lessons that I can use with my own portfolio.

So, overall it was a successful semester.  I look forward to reading and learning some more about finance.  And, I feel like I have a somewhat better understanding of the subject matter.  So, that is about it.  I am on to the next semester of my MBA…this time featuring a course on IT business processes and one on supply chain management.

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