Module BUSI50515: SECURITY ANALYSIS (DL)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI50515: SECURITY ANALYSIS (DL)

Tied To

• N1D217: Business Administration (Finance) (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D314: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D317: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

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.