Matt Sheridan

Senior Lecturer of Finance

Finance

Background

Matt Sheridan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance. Prior to joining Fisher, Matt worked as a Financial Market Data Consultant at Bloomberg, LP’s headquarters in New York.  He consulted with hedge funds, banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and endowments to leverage market data to make informed and profitable investment decisions. Matt also has institutional investment experience, working as a Corporate Credit Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Cincinnati Financial.  Matt is a member of the CFA Institute and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Matt received the Max M. Fisher Faculty Eminence Award in 2017 and the Daniel Westerbeck Undergraduate Pacesetter Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016.  

Areas of Expertise

Consumer Finance
Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Financial Markets
  • Financial Services
  • Investments

Education

  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
  • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)
  • MBA, University of New Mexico

Courses

BUSFIN 7200 - Financial Software Applications
This hands-on course covers the application of financial software tools and financial modeling. Exposure to real world applications used in corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, and asset management. Apply models relating to project analysis, capital budgeting, financial statement analysis, equity intrinsic values, capital structure, portfolio mgmt, leveraged buyouts, and M&A. Prereq: MBA 6223, or enrollment in SMB-Finance program.
BUSFIN 4225 - Investment Strategies and Philosophies
This course is designed to teach different investment strategies, reveal the beliefs that underlie each one, provide evidence on whether the strategies actually produce results, and what an investor needs to understand in order to implement a philosophy. The strategies covered include value investing, growth investing, technical analysis, market timing, arbitrage, fixed income. Prereq: 4211 and 4221.
BUSFIN 4221H - Honors Investments
Designed to teach the principles of financial decision making and the investment process. The course will cover current market moving events, multiple asset classes, asset allocation, diversification, security valuation, key player types, efficient market hypothesis, adaptive market hypothesis, behavioral finance, pricing models, active investment management, investment funds, and fin. reg. Prereq: Admission to the Finance Honors Program, and a CPHR of 3.5 or above.
BUSFIN 7252 - Investment Strategies and Philosophies
This course is designed to teach different investment strategies, reveal the beliefs that underlie each one, provide evidence on whether the strategies actually produce results, and what an investor needs to understand in order to implement a philosophy. The strategies covered include value investing, growth investing, technical analysis, market timing, arbitrage, fixed income. Prereq: MBA 6223; or prereq or concur: BusFin 7210, 7220, or 7230; or enrollment in SMB-Finance program.
BUSFIN 4202H - Honors Financial Data
This hands-on course covers the application of financial software tools and financial modeling. You will be exposed to real world applications used in corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, and asset management. Prereq: A CPHR of of 3.5 or above, and admission to the Finance Honors Program.