Module BUSI50515: SECURITY ANALYSIS (DL)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI50515: SECURITY ANALYSIS (DL)

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To develop students’ knowledge and understanding of key issues in security analysis at an advanced level.
• To provide students with the opportunity to become familiar with recent developments in the field of security analysis.
• To offer students the opportunity to develop some key skills.

Content

• Overview of Financial Markets
• Common Stocks
• Technical analysis
• Fundamental valuation and analysis
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Earnings Estimation and Forecasts
• Accounting Information and Stock Prices
• Asset Allocation and Index Models
• Fixed Income Securities:
• Analysis and valuation
• Managing fixed income securities
• The Search for Value: Measuring the Company's Cost of Capital
• Derivative Security Analysis

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students will have:
• an advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of some of the models used for analysing common stocks;
• an advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of some of the models used for analysing fixed income securities;
• become familiar with recent empirical research and its applications in certain topics of security analysis.

• By the end of the module students will have:
• practised problem solving and analytical skills as applied to areas of security analysis.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module is delivered in discrete Units. These are designed to enable the learning outcomes to be achieved through a combination of specially written material, directed reading, reflection through self-assessed assignments and guidance for further reading. Module tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (by email, telephone, post or fax).
• The written assignment will test students’ understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University