My beloved  Students

Welcome to Fundamentals of Investment. My name is Md. Anhar Sharif Mollah, and I am your instructor in this course. In addition to welcoming you to the course, I would like to give you some helpful information and a few hints for successful completion of this course. For many of you, this is your first experience with an online course. Online courses provide a different way to study and place different skills from students. You will find that, as an online learner, self motivation and discipline are paramount. This means that you are completely responsible for establishing and maintaining a regular study system. In addition, some students anticipate that online courses will be easier than face-to-face courses. From my experience, mostly students say…..they are NOT. You will be responsible for the same course materials and the same standards of excellence that are required in the face to face courses. While the E-learning team and I will provide you with support during the course but you should be aware of the self-discipline required to successfully complete FIN 407. My experience with online study is that getting started and keeping on schedule are most important to successful completion. Review the course instructions in your Syllabus and course homepage in Compass. They provide important information about the purpose of assignments.

Course Information

Course Title: Fundamentals of Investment
Course Code: FIN 407
Credit: 03

Instructor Profile:

Course Teacher:         Md. Anhar Sharif Mollah
Designation:                Assistant Professor 
Email:                             anhar.bba@diu.edu.bd
Contact No:                   01758883609

Course Objectives:

The course aims to familiarize students with the process of investments of financial securities to create a strong basic of investment and help them take the right investment decisions using investment tools and techniques that can satisfy their risk-return objectives.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this course, the students will be able to

1.  Understand what institutional investors are and how they operate 
2. Identify the characteristics of the principal asset classes 
3.  Identify and distinguish between the principal investment products 
4. Understand the importance of establishing investor preferences 
5. Understand the basic principles of portfolio construction 
6. Distinguish between active and passive portfolio strategies and styles 
7.  Differentiate between equity and fixed income management styles 
8.  Understand the interaction between institutional investors and brokers/investment banks

Course Contents:

1. Investment Fundamentals
2. How Securities are traded
3. Security-Market Indices
4. Introduction to Industry and Company Analysis
5. Portfolio Management: An Overview
6. Equity Valuation: Concepts and Basic  Tools
7. Introduction to Fixed Income Valuation
8. Market Efficiency
9. Derivative Markets & Instruments
10. Bangladesh Perspective

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