• "Covid" Cohort: 2020-21 ASAM Syllabus
• Forum: Google Group.

1. Handover (Receiver)
2. Learn how to program (Python, perhaps R)
3. *Mentor one another learning.*
4. Some Speakers
5. Role Selection
6. Annual Meeting

• Programming and Data for ASAM (30m)

1. Learn how to program (Python, perhaps R)
2. Learn about and download finance equity data sets (CRSP, Compustat)
3. *Mentor one another learning.*

• Programming and Data for ASAM (30m)

1. Learn about portfolio formation and portfolio returns
2. Learn about finance backtesting and performance evaluation methods (Fama-Macbeth; Black-Jensen-Scholes/Fama-French)
3. Read about finance strategies
4. Select, design, and backtest your own strategy
5. Incept your strategy (around the turn of the calendar year)

• Finance and Portfolio Basics (1h)
• Fama-Macbeth X-Sect Method
• Black-Jensen-Scholes/Fama-French TS Method
• ASAM Checklist

1. Strategy Monitoring
2. Evaluation
3. Industry Speakers
4. Selection of Successors

1. Handover (Sender)
2. Industry Speakers
3. Final Report
4. Annual Meeting

I will update the following slides as the quarter progresses and move them up.

• Translating Signals Into Investments
• Simulating A World For BJSFF Tests
• Further Considerations and Conclusion

• Performance Updates Guidelines
• Basic Performance Evaluation