Risk Analysis and Portfolio Management

Paper Code: 
FMG 617
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To acquaint students with the theory of Foreign exchange market and transactions.

9.00

Introduction to investments:
Investment-meaning & Definition
Process of investing
Investment objectives
Factor influencing Investment decisions
Importance of investment management

9.00

Risk and Return on investments-
Measures of Returns and Risk
Relationship risk and return
Classification of risks: Systematic & Unsystematic Risk

9.00

Investment valuation-
Time value of money-Techniques of discounting and compounding
Introduction of Net Present Value, Internal rate of return

9.00

Portfolio management-
Introduction and Meaning, Aseet allocation strategies, portfolio Management strategies for Individual & Institutions.

9.00

Relevence of portfolio management in different sectors of financial markets
Portfolio Management Services in India.
Credit Rating Agencies: Role & their Functions, Credit Enhncement Schemes.

Essential Readings: 

1. Strategic Investment Decision, Laurence Krantz and Ailan Thomason, F.T. Prentice Hall, 2000.
2. Investments: An Introduction, Herbert B. Mayo, South – Western College Publishing, 2005.
3. Investments and Valuation, Aswath Damodaran, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001.
4. Security Investments, David L. Scott, Rowman & Littlefield, 1981.
5. Model Investment Theory, Haugen, Holden and Nofisinger, Prentice Hall, 2003.
6. Contemporary Investments, Hearth, Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
7. Investments Spread Sheet, Sharpe, Prentice Hall, 2001.
8. Essentials of Investments, Bodie, Irwin, 1997.
9. Basic Investments, Herbert B. Mayo, South-Western College Publishing, 2005.
10. Sound Investments, Larry Burkett, RICS, 1995.
11. Investment: Principles and Practices, Ben Branch, Dearborn Financial Publishing, 1990.
12. Investments: Analysis and Management, Charles P. Jones, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006.
13. Investments (Shaum’s outline), Jack Clark Francis, McGraw Hill, 2000.
14. Understanding Finance, Prentice Hall, 2004.
Quantitative Methods for finance and investments, John L. Teall and Iftekher Hasan, Black Well Publishers, 2002.

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