Security Analysis and Portfolio Managemet / By M.Ranganatham and R.Madhumathi

1. an overview of financial markets;
- introduction;
- properties of financial assets;
- investments;
2. stock exchange in India;
-introduction;
-the Bombay stock exchange;
-the national stock exchange;
-over the counter exchange of India;
-stock exchange members;
-functions of stock exchange members;
-opportunities available for foreign investors;
3. stock market regulation;
-introduction;
-securities and exchange board of India;
-secondary market regulation;
-regulation for mutual funds;
-regulation on derivatives tracings;
4. services of intermediaries;
-introduction;
-investment management company;
-funds managers;
-merchants bankers;
-credit rating agencies;
-investment banks;
-regulatory bodies;
-auditing bodies;
-stock depositories;
-technology provides/internet providers;
5. investment opportunities;
-introduction;
-investment avenues;
-investment opportunities for the foreign citizens of Indian origin;
-sources of investment information;
6. debt instruments and their valuation;
-introduction;
-players in the debt market;
-valuation of debt instrument;
-yield curve;
-risk management in bonds;
-bonds duration;
7. equity instruments and their valuation;
-introduction;
-share valuation;
-valuation of private companies;
8. derivatives and their valuation;
-introduction;
-understanding;
-hedging instruments;
-trading in derivative instrument;
-valuation of instruments;
9. fundamental analysis 1;
-introduction;
-economic analysis;
-tools for economic analysis;
-forecasting models;
-economic -analysis and international investment;
10. fundamental analysis 2: industry analysis;
11. fundamental analysis 3: company;
-introduction;
-tools for company analysis;
12: technical analysis 1; charting tools;
-introduction;
-charts;
-reversal patterns;
-continuation patterns;
-bar chart;
-candlestick chart;
-point and figure chart;
-Dow theory;
-Elliott wave theory;
13. technical analysis 2: tools;
-introduction;
-flow chart;
-market structure;
-market indicators;
-weakness of technical analysis;
14. risk management with derivatives;
-introduction;
-nature of risk;
-measuring risk;
-source of risk;
-an investor's view of risk;
-international derivative markets;
-derivatives markets in India;
-derivatives trading strategies;
15. portfolio risk analysis;
-introduction;
-portfolio risk analysis;
-capital assets pricing models;
-portfolio value at risk;
-portfolio risk preference of investors;
-disclosure of portfolio risk;
16. portfolio theory;
-introduction;
-efficient market theory;
-random walk theory;
-Markowitz model;
-factor model;
-arbitrage pricing;
-prospect theory;
17. portfolio building process;
-introduction;
-benchmark portfolio;
-market index portfolios;
-approaches for building portfolio;
-building bond portfolios;
-building equity portfolio;
-building mixed portfolio;
-building international portfolio;
18. mutual fund management;
-introduction;
-structure of mutual funds;
-funds objectives;
-mutual fund investment policies;
-cost associated with mutual funds;
-funds return measurement;
-funds performance ;
19. portfolio performance evaluation;
-introduction;
-sharp's portfolio performance measure;
-Traynor's portfolio performance;
-Jensen's portfolio performance measure;
20. portfolio management;
-introduction;
-active and passive portfolio management;
-rebalancing portfolio;
-portfolio management plans;
21. forecasting portfolio performance;
-introduction;
-chaotic theory;
-artificial neural networks;
-Fuzzy theory;
-behavioral models;
22. hedging portfolio risk;
-introduction;
-value at risk as a risk measure;
-frequency distribution of changes;
-others measure;