Financial and Economic Meaning of Investment – Characteristics and Objectives of Investment – Investment Vs. Speculation - Investment Process -Types of Investment – Investment Alternatives – Choice and Evaluation – Risk and Return Concepts.

Financial Market - Segments - Types - Participants in Financial Market - Regulatory Environment, Primary Market - Methods of Floating New Issues, Book building - Role of Primary Market - Stock Exchanges in India - BSE, OTCEI, NSE, ISE - 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.

Fundamental Analysis Vs Technical Analysis – Charting Methods – Market Indicators. Trend –Trend reversals – Patterns - Moving Average – Exponential Moving Average – Oscillators – Market Indicators – Efficient Market theory – ROC – MACD - RSI. Efficient Market Theory - Forms of Market Efficiency -Weak, Semi-Strong, Strong Form - Empirical Tests of Market Efficiency - Its Application.

Portfolio Management Framework - Portfolio Analysis – Portfolio Construction - Portfolio Selection – Capital Asset Pricing Model – Portfolio Revision – Portfolio Evaluation – Mutual Funds.