Station 6: Understanding The Magic Black Box (UI)
15 min! Run Time
Employees
only
Provided
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Skills covered in this course
Description
Understanding the Magic Black Box is a revealing glimpse into an essential tool of our study program: the silent engine that works tirelessly behind the scenes to generate the dynamic numbers that let us create graphs, tables and diagrams illustrating key investment concepts.
We call it the "Magic" Black Box because of its diverse abilities, from generating random numbers to support visualisation to performing simulations and producing probabilistic scenarios and forecasts. It is a versatile computational tool that helps demystify a subject many find mysterious.
Table of Contents
1. Computational Tools
2. Inside the Magic Black Box
3. Assessment
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Zola Sookias, Founder & Managing Director
Mr Sookias has extensive experience in investment management, including roles in equity and fixed income analysis, portfolio management, DB and DC pension consulting, product development, manager search & selection, fund performance evaluation and monitoring, and investment publishing.
He has worked with major US investment houses, notably Black Rock Asset Management, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, as well as a boutique firm specialising in the natural resources sector where he was the senior metals and mining analyst.
His European experience has been with Irish Life International and SEB where he was responsible for developing the investment platform serving the pan-European market, and Black Rock Asset Management Ireland, where he was Investment Director responsible for governance and oversight for the company’s Irish-domiciled active and passive funds.
Mr Sookias holds a BSc. in Geology & Chemistry and an MSc. in Mineral Exploration from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, University of London.
