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