Securities Investment and Portfolio Management

Securities Investment and Portfolio Management course is an introductory investment course on investment alternatives available and to the theory and practice of investments and portfolio management. This course covers the primary financial securities – stocks, bonds, and derivatives, and methods for combining these underlying assets into a portfolio.

A) Introduction to Investments

1) Introduction

2) Equity Markets

3) Buying and Selling Equities

4) Risk and Return

B) Market Efficiency and Investor Behavior

1) Asset Pricing Theory and Performance Evaluation

2) Efficient Market Hypothesis

3) Market Anomalies

4) Psychology and the Stock Market

C) Investment Analysis

1) Business Environment

2) Financial Statement Analysis

3) Value Stock Investing

4) Growth-Stock Investing

5) Technical Analysis

D) Fixed Income

1) Bond Instruments and Markets

2) Bond Valuation

E) Investment Management

1) Mutual Funds

2) Global Investing

3) Option Markets and Strategies

4) Futures Markets

5) Real Estate and Tangible Assets