Fundamentals of Investment (Choice Based Credit System (CBCS))

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Description
A Comprehensive, Authentic and well Illustrated Text Book on "Fundamentals of Investments"
For Undergraduate Courses in Commerce & Management and specifically for the Students of
B.Com (Hons.)/B.Com, University of Delhi.
•    Simple and lucid presentation of the concepts, procedures and techniques of security analysis and
     portfolio management.
•    Learning outcomes are provided in the beginning of each chapter to present a concise overview of
      the chapter.
•    Chapters are divided into numbered paragraphs for easy access and referencing.
•    Numerous illustrations and more than 270 solved problems.
•    Summary points are provided at the end of each chapter to recapitulate the entire concepts and
     procedures explained in the chapter.
•    Answers are provided for all numerical problems and paragraph is indicated for theory questions.
•    Project work is provided in almost every chapter to acquaint the student with real life investment
     decision making and to encourage activity based learning.
•    Solved paper of previous exams are given for reference at the end.
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Contents
Chapter 01 - Investments: An Overview
Chapter 02 - Indian Securities Market
Chapter 03 - Analysis of Return and Risk
Chapter 04 - Fixed Income Securities - Valuation, Yields and Risks
Chapter 05 - Equity Analysis - Fundamental Analysis
Chapter 06 - Technical Analysis
Chapter 07 - Efficient Market Hypothesis
Chapter 08 - Valuation of Equity Shares
Chapter 09 - Portfolio Analysis and Selection
Chapter 10 - Portfolio Performance Evaluation and Mutual Funds
Chapter 11 - Financial Derivatives - Forwards, Futures and Options
Chapter 12 - Investor Protection
B.Com. (Hons.) 2015 Paper : Fundamentals of Investment
B.Com. (TYUP) 2016 Paper: Security Analysis & Portfolio Management
B.Com. (Hons.) 2017 Paper : Fundamentals of Investment
B.Com. (H)/III/NS 2017 Paper XX: Fundamentals of Investment (C-305)
B.Com. (Hons.) 2018 Sem. IV: Fundamentals of Investment
B.Com. 2018 Sem. VI: Fundamentals of Investment
B.Com. (Hons.) 2019 Sem. VI: Fundamentals of Investment
B.Com. 2019 Sem. VI: Fundamentals of Investment
B.Com. (Hons.) 2020 Sem. VI: Fundamentals of Investment [Open Book Exam]
B.Com. (Hons.) 2022 Sem. VI: Fundamentals of Investment
B.Com. (Prog.) CBCS 2022 Sem. VI: Fundamentals of Investment
Mathematical Tables
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Author Details
Dr Vanita Tripathi, was a Professor at the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, and Deputy Dean at the University of Delhi. She was a double Gold Medalist in B.Com. (Hons.) and M.Com. and an alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce & Delhi School of Economics. She was also an M. Phil topper. She had more than 17 years of teaching and research experience in investment management. She was also M. Phil. – Finance area coordinator. She was the recipient of the best business academic of the year (BBAY) award & gold medal in 2012 and the recipient of the prestigious Prof. Manubhai M. Shah Memorial Research Award. She had also got a gold medal in 2014 & ten best research paper awards at various international conferences. She was a MOOC Coordinator and Paper coordinator of Financial Management of M.Com. under the e-PG Pathshala project of UGC under the NMEICT initiative of Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India for developing e-content for postgraduate courses in India. She published her work in the Annals of Financial Economics, in which Nobel Laureate Prof. Harry Markowitz also published his research work. She was actively engaged in teaching and research activities and has published four books & 78 research papers in reputed international and national journals. Her areas of interest included market efficiency, socially responsible investing, corporate finance, and asset pricing.