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1. What is investment?
Investment is defined as employment of funds with the aim of achieving future
benefits or return.
5. Define Risk?
Risk is defined as variability of return i.e. it is the difference or deviation from
expected return.
Maximization of return.
Minimizing the risk.
Investment
Investment usually involve employment of
fund to an asset to enjoy a series of asset it
Speculator
Speculator is an employment of funds in an
asset with expectation of profit on sale due its
price fluctuation.
Type is contract in speculation is ownership
nature
Speculator buy the security and purchase
asset often on margin
Gambling
date in mind
element of risk
making careful
Direct investment
Indirect investment
Direct
investment
Fixed principle
security
* Cash
* Saving
certificate
* Savings a/c
* Bonds and
debentures
Indirect investment
Variable principle
security
* Equity Shares
* Preference
Share
* Debentures
Non security
investments
* Pension fund
* Provident
* Investment in companies,
UTI and other trust funds
* Real estate
* Mortgages
* Business ventures
* Investment in art
and activities
* Investment in other
valuable things gold
and silver
Shares
Media
Insiders
Stock broker
Annual report
Financial market
Financial Intermediaries
To earn returns on par with market return he can choose the stock that reflects the
market movement
40. What are the quantitative criteria used in computation of stock index?
Liquidity
Trading activity
Continuity
Industry reputation
Listed history
Indicative function: Acts as barometer for showing the progress of the company and
economy through share price movements.
Transfer function: Transfer of tangible and non tangible assets among individual
economic groups.
Merger function: Encourages voluntary or coercive take over mechanism to put the
management of inefficient companies into competent hands.
43. What are the new financial services offered in capital market?
Emerge of SEBI
Credit rating services and credit rating institutions like CRISIL, CARE & ICRSA
OTCEI was established to provide screen based stock exchange facility to investors.
Primary market
Secondary market
It is the government securities market. It is the market for govt & semi govt securities.
The securities in this market are stable in value & are sought after by banks. There is
guaranteed return on investments.
No speculation on securities
Predominated by institutions.
the issuer company makes an enblock sale of securities to intermediaries such as issue
house and broker at an agreed price.
the securities are resold to the ultimate investors at a market related price.
PSU bonds
Debentures
Commercial paper.
Debentures
Bonds
Commercial paper
Certificate of deposits
75. What are the two board approaches to be done for analyzing the price movement?
Fundamental approach
Technical approach.
No single individual or buyer can influence the major trend of the market
82. Distinguish between market value and book value of shares. Book value:
Book value
Market value: It is the price that gets setted by the forces of demand and supply.
b. The left shoulder is seen during the time when there is abull in the trading market
followed by heavy purchases.
c. Right shoulder price rises moderately.
d. Head Heavy purchases in the market.
Pioneering stage
Declining stage
The market value of the scrip is determined by the intersection of supply and
demand
Followed by the historical facts, any layman can understand the market move.
98. What are the two major types of information necessary for securing analysis?
Stock market information: Financial dailies, Investmentrelated magazine published
by stock exchanges, separate news bulletins issed by NSE, BSE and OTCEI providing
information regarding the changes that takes place in the stock market. SEBI news letters
gives the change rules and regulations regarding the activities of stock market
Industry Informations: Bussiness India, Business Today, Dalal Street Stock
Exchange publications etc.,
Company Information : The BSE, NSE,OTCEI provide detail about listed
compaines in the web sites, Kotharis Economic and industry guide of indiagives relevant
financial information about the public limited companies.