Dr. Diz is the Martin J. Whitman Professor of Finance and director of the Ballentine Investment Institute at Syracuse University. He also serves as managing director of the Orange Value Fund, LLC. Dr. Diz’s areas of research interest include value, control and distress investing and financial distress, as well as investment banking, credit analysis and hedge funds.
With the economic crash of 2008 still ringing in the market’s collective ears, the value investing philosophy has never seemed more relevant or sound. But in the 80 years since Benjamin Graham and David Dodd’s “Security Analysis” took the investing world by storm, much has changed in the investing environment. Working from the simple guiding principle that “safe and cheap” is the most reliable way to minimize investment risk while maximizing long-term returns, “Modern Security Analysis”, taught by Fernando Diz, Ph.D., will develop an investing approach that has made fortunes for many in all economic climates. The bottom-up approach you’ll discover looks at companies not merely as aggregates of operational cash flows and earnings – their pure going concern attributes – but also as entities actively involved in wealth-creating “resource conversion” activities. Prerequisite FIN 301 or equivalent.
Beijing offers a dynamic of old juxtaposed with new, unmatched by any other city in the world.
An incredible transformation from pasture land in the Ming Dynasty to the bustling capital city of the largest economy in the world. You are sure to see people walking from all walks of life, whether you wander through 800-year-old alleys at the city center or the towering skyscrapers in the Central Business District. Read more of what Beijing has to offer here. To view the tentative itinerary for your week in Beijing, click here.