Derivatives, Money & Debt Market

Paper Code: 
BIE 332
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Students  will have comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge in the subject of derivatives, money & debt market along with security analysis and portfolio management.

16.00
Unit I: 
Derivatives Market

Derivatives Market

Basics of derivatives, Features, Indian derivatives Market,  Market participants, 

Types of derivatives instruments, Economic Significance of derivatives, Products, and Functions.

Forward and Futures- Introduction, major future contracts,

Futures Trading Strategies: Hedging, Arbitration and speculation. Difference between forward and future contracts.

Options: Basics of options, Options payoff, Break Even Price and Trading Strategies- Spread-Bull, Bear and Butterfly, Straddle, Strangle, Strips & Straps, Valuation of Option

Swaps: Meaning, Interest rate swaps, Currency Swaps

Derivative Trading, clearing and settlement mechanism in India.

10.00
Unit II: 
Money Market

Introduction, Basic Characteristics of Money Market Securities, Money Market Intermediaries Treasury Bills, Types of T- Bills, Commercial papers, Commercial Bills, Certificates of Deposits, Call / Notice Money Market, , Money Market Mutual Funds,

Link between money market and monetary policy in India, Tools for Managing Liquidity in the money market

Money market derivatives

12.00
Unit III: 
Debt Market

Debt Market: Introduction, Basic characteristics of Debt Securities.

Private corporate Debt Market: product and participants, primary and secondary segment of corporate debt instrument.

Public sector undertaking bonds market: product and participants, primary and secondary market for debt instrument.

Government securities debt market: product and participants, primary and secondary market for debt instrument. Bond Valuation- Bond Price, YTM, YTC, current yield, spot interest rate, duration of bond.

Credit rating of Debt Securities. Trading, clearing and settlement mechanism of debt market

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Security Analysis
 

Security Analysis - Overview of Stock exchange and stock indices.

Fundamental Analysis: Meaning, objectives, Company Analysis, Industry Analysis and Economic Analysis

Technical Analysis: Meaning, utility of Technical Analysis, Technical v/s Fundamental Analysis.

Theories of Technical Analysis-Dow Theory, Elliot Wave Theory.

Tools and Techniques of technical Analysis: price and Volume charts, Bar charts, Line chart, Candlestick charts, Trend, Head and Shoulders, Support and Resistance level, Moving Average. Criticism or Weaknesses of Technical Analysis.

10.00
Unit V: 
Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management, Risks and Returns: Concept of portfolio and portfolio management, Process of portfolio management, Types of portfolio management-Active portfolio management, Passive Portfolio Management, Defensive Portfolio management, Aggressive Portfolio Management, Income portfolio Management. Optimum Portfolio

Risk and Return – Concept, Total Risk and its components, Concept of Return, Measurement of Return-Realised return and Expected Return. An overview of Diversification of Risk.

Financial Regulation

Securities and Exchange Board of India

Reserve Bank of India

Essential Readings: 
  • Security Analysis and Portfolio Management,M.R. Agarwal-Garima Publications.
  • Security Analysis and Portfolio Management,Suyash N Bhatt-Biztantra publication.
  • Bhole L.M., Financial Institutions and Markets, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi
  • Pathak, Bharati V., Indian Financial System, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
  • Securities market and Products- Institute of Banking and Finance. Taxmann
References: 
  • Ravi M.Kishore, Strategic Financial Management, Taxmann’s Publication.
  • Williams, Michacls, Fundamentals of Option Markets, Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi
  • Hull, John, Introduction to Futures, Option market, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
  • Redhead, Keith, Financial Derivatives- An Introduction to futures, forwards,option and swaps, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
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