AcF851 – Advanced Quantitative Methods

Course Outline & Detailed Time Schedule (pdf)
Outline & Lecture Slides
zip Readings/Data Motivational Song
Session 1 Fri, 10/10/2025 Review – Basics Readings Iron Maiden – Brave New World
Session 2 Fri, 17/10/2025  

Introduction Software and Data

Guns N’ Roses – Welcome To The Jungle

AC/DC – It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)

Session 3 Fri, 24/10/2025
Session 4 Fri, 31/10/2025  

Asymptotic Theory

 

Readings

Metallica – Nothing Else Matters

Iron Maiden – The Writing on the Wall

Session 5 Fri,  07/11/2025
Session 6 Fri, 14/11/2025 GMM Readings Metallica – Master of Puppets
Session 7 Fri, 21/11/2025 Monte Carlo Study, Times Series Modelling, Maximum Likelihood

Volatility Modelling

Megadeth – Soldier On!
Session 8 Fri, 28/11/2025 High Frequency Econometrics I Readings Metallica – Enter Sandman

Anthrax – In the End

Nightwish – Over the Hills and Far Away

Session 9 Fri, 05/12/2025 High Frequency Econometrics II

Realized Volatility

Session 10 Tue, 12/12/2025 ASSESSMENT, CHC – Charles Carter A05 13:00-16:00 Megadeth – Symphony of Destruction

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