This course will cover following topics in Investment analysis and Portfolio Management course
1. OBJECTIVES OF INVESTMENT DECISIONS
- Introduction
- Types of investors (individuals and Institutions)
- Constraints, Liquidity , investment horizons, and Taxation
2. FINANCIAL MARKETS
- Primary and Secondary Markets, Trading in Secondary Markets
- The Money Market (T-Bills, Commercial Paper and cd)
- The Bond Market (Treasury Notes (T-Notes) and T-Bonds, state and Municipal Government bonds, Corporate Bonds and International bonds)
3. FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES
- The Time Value of Money, Simple and Compound Interest Rates, Bond Pricing Fundamentals ,bond Yields and Interest Rates
4. CAPITAL MARKET EFFICIENCY
- Market Efficiency (Weak-form Market Efficiency, Semi-strong Market Efficiency & Strong Market Efficiency)
5. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND VALUATION
- The Analysis of Financial Statement
- Income Statement (Profit & Loss) , Balance Sheet & Cash Flow Statement
- Financial Ratios (Return, Operation and, Profitability Ratios)
- The valuation of common stocks
6. MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY
- Diversification and Portfolio Risks
- The equilibrium Module: The Capital Asset Pricing Module
7. MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY
- Introduction, Forwards and Futures , Call and Put Options, Forward and Future Pricing
- Option Pricing
8. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
- Investment Companies
- Active vs. Passive Portfolio Management
- Classification of funds
- The other Investment Companies
Performance assessment of managed funds (Sharpe Ratio, Traynor Ratio & Jensen measure or (Portfolio Alpha) .
More than 200 objective multiple choice questions will help in being good knowledge in investment and portfolio management
This course will help to be a good investor and help in enhancement of to be portfolio management skills.
Goals
- Objective of Investment decision
- Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
- Financial Ratio
- Financial Analysis and Valuation
- Modern Portfolio Theory
- Investment management
- Balance sheet
- A person who wants to invest in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Prerequisites
- A person should have a graduate degree in any discipline