BUS311
Investment Analysis
Unit Information and Learning Guide
Trimester 1, 2013
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Unit coordinator
Name: Muammer Wali
School: School of Management and Governance
Contact details: M.Wali@murdoch.edu.au
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Contents
Unit information
Information about the unit 4
Contact details 6
How to study this unit 7
Resources for the unit 8
Study schedule 11
Assessment 12
Learning guide
Introduction 16
Chapter 1 The Investment Environment 17
Chapter 2 Asset Classes and Financial Instruments 18
Chapter 3 How Securities Are Traded 19
Chapter 4 Mutual funds and other investment companies 20
Chapter 5 Introduction to Risk, Return, and the historical record 21
Chapter 6 Risk Aversion and Capital Allocation to Risky Assets 22
Chapter 7 Optimal Risky Portfolios 23
Chapter 9 The capital asset pricing Model 24
Chapter 11 The Efficient Market Hypothesis 25
Chapter 12 Behavioural Finance and Technical Analysis 26
Chapter 17 Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis 27
Chapter 18 Equity Valuation Models 28
Chapter 19 Financial Statement Analysis 29
Chapter 24 Portfolio Performance evaluation 30
Chapter 27 The Theory of Active Portfolio Management 31
Information about the unit
Welcome to:
BUS311
Investment Analysis
Unit description
In today’s world, investors are more concerned with the issue of how to generate additional