INVESTMENT PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT
 
 - Course Syllabus
- Basics of financial
     investments
- How securities are traded
- How securities are issued
- Implications of efficient
     capital markets
- Portfolio theory
- Diversification and asset
     allocation
- The Markowitz portfolio
     selection model
- Analysis of equity
- Valuation of equity
- Financial statement
     analysis
- Portfolio Management
- Mutual funds, hedge funds,
     and other investment companies
- Passive and active
     portfolio management
- Portfolio performance
     evaluation
- Analysis of fixed income
     securities
- Bond prices and yields
- Bond duration and
     convexity
- Managing bond portfolios
- Analysis of derivative
     securities
- Option strategies
- Forwards, Futures, and
     Swaps
- Hedging using derivatives