ESSAYS AND WRITINGS
Some Essays and Writings About Economics and Finance
A Short Presentation on Utilitarian vs. Deontological Ethics
This is a short presentation of Utilitarian vs Deontological Ethics. I chose this topic for my ethics course because it lies at the core of economics. These two different approaches shape the fundamental thinking of economists. I believe this foundation of economic science is often neglected by most Economists today. Although I have read the original works of these philosophers, I used online summaries to provide clearer references for this presentation.
Portfolio Risk Analysis & 4 Year Investment Performance
I wanted to put the knowledge I gained at CFA about risk, portfolio management, and quantitative methodologies to use. Portfolio risk analysis focuses on my present portfolio, but performance measurement spans four years, during which I had a completely different portfolio, different country equities, and even a few commodities. In the first sections of both the report and the presentation, I discussed general statistical applications in finance because I was preparing them for my statistics course. My portfolio analysis is shown in the second section of both.
How I Passed the CFA Level I Exam (Probably Around 90th percentile) While Studying Industrial Engineering Full-Time
I decided to study for the CFA Institute Level I exam in my first year of college because I’ve always wanted to work in finance, especially in asset/portfolio management. I decided to take the exam in the summer (2026 August Exam) between my 2nd and 3rd year, believing I’d get a full one and half months of free time after my university exams before the CFA exam. My application for the scholarship was rejected, which was a quite disappointing start. Although my academic background was in industrial engineering, not finance directly, I had already spent time outside of school reading books and spending time understanding investment related topics, as well…
Short Essay for Marketing Lecture
For the Marketing lectures I wrote a short essay summarizing the topics that we have covered in the class. I also benefited from ChatGPT at some points.
Essay On “GME Case” in Stock Market
This is an essay ı wrote about GME case in stock market. I wrote it to my sociology lessons which is the reason why I focus of psychological behaviour underlying stock markets and GME incident in focus.
Impact of Executive Leadership on Blackstone’s Organizational Success
(This is a short essay I wrote for my organizational behaviour class, first version of it was longer but I had to shorten it due to its limit on word amount.) There is no doubt that the decisions of executives have strong influences on the Company’s Culture and employee behavior[1]. When we observe the most successful Companies and Organizations, we will see that almost all of them have unique founders or executives, providing employees with a strong will to work and succeed. Our paper will focus on the key factors that change Organizational behavior in the example of Blackstone and Co-Founder/Main executive Stephen A. Schwarzman. Establishment, Organizational Structure and Management…
Essay on Housing Sector’s Securitization and Free Market’s Impact on Housing Economy
This is a short essay I wrote for the “Financial markets” course from coursera (From Robert Shiller/Yale University). I spent around 1 hour to write. This is a short essay on United Nations Human Rights Council’s 2017 report on the Financialization of Housing. I tried to emphasize importance of creative destruction (Schumpeter) on our wealth rather than temporary solutions such as redistirubution or government interventions from an alternative perspective. Essay on Housing Sector’s Securitization and Free Market’s Impact on Housing Economy The speaker’s assumption of housing/sheltering rights being human rights is not true from my perspective. Since the Industrial Revolution, moral philosophers and economists have been arguing about the nature…
