Financial and economic meaning of Investment – Characteristics and objectives of Investment – Types of Investment – Investment alternatives – Choice and Evaluation – Risk and return concepts - process of Investment Management – Speculation, Investment Avenues in India

Financial Market - Segments – Types - Participants in financial Market – Regulatory Environment, Primary Market – Methods of floating new issues, Book building – Role of primary market – Regulation of primary market, Stock exchanges in India – BSE, OTCEI, NSE, ISE, and Regulations of stock exchanges – Trading system in stock exchanges –SEBI.

Economic Analysis – Economic forecasting and stock Investment Decisions – Forecasting techniques. Industry Analysis: Industry classification, Industry life cycle – Company Analysis Measuring Earnings – Forecasting Earnings – Applied Valuation Techniques – Graham and Dodds investor ratios– concept and linkage to stock market

Fundamental Analysis Vs Technical Analysis – Charting methods – Market Indicators. Trend – Trend reversals – Patterns - Moving Average – Exponential Moving Average – Oscillators – Market Indicators – Efficient Market Theory.

Portfolio analysis –Markowitz Theory- Assumptions, implications - Portfolio Selection – Capital Asset Pricing model – Portfolio RevisionPortfolio Evaluation – Mutual Funds.