Investment analysis & Portfolio Management course

This course will cover following topics in  Investment analysis  and Portfolio  Management course

1. OBJECTIVES OF INVESTMENT DECISIONS

• Introduction
• Types of investors (individuals  and Institutions)
• Constraints, Liquidity , investment horizons, and Taxation

2. FINANCIAL MARKETS

• Primary and Secondary Markets, Trading in Secondary Markets
• The Money Market (T-Bills, Commercial Paper and cd)
• The Bond Market (Treasury Notes (T-Notes) and T-Bonds, state and Municipal Government bonds, Corporate Bonds and International bonds)

3. FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES

•  The Time Value of Money, Simple and Compound Interest Rates, Bond Pricing Fundamentals ,bond Yields and Interest Rates

4. CAPITAL MARKET EFFICIENCY

• Market Efficiency (Weak-form Market Efficiency, Semi-strong Market Efficiency & Strong Market Efficiency)

5. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND VALUATION 

• The Analysis of Financial Statement
• Income Statement (Profit & Loss) ,  Balance Sheet & Cash Flow Statement
• Financial Ratios (Return, Operation and, Profitability Ratios)
• The valuation of common stocks

6. MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY

• Diversification and Portfolio Risks
• The equilibrium Module: The Capital Asset Pricing Module

7. MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY

• Introduction, Forwards and Futures ,  Call and Put Options, Forward and Future Pricing
• Option Pricing

8. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

• Investment Companies 
• Active vs. Passive Portfolio Management 
• Classification of funds 
• The other Investment Companies 

Performance assessment of managed funds (Sharpe Ratio, Traynor Ratio & Jensen measure or (Portfolio Alpha) .

More than 200 objective multiple choice questions will help in being good knowledge  in investment and portfolio management  

This course will help to be a good investor and help in enhancement of to be portfolio management skills.