Welcome to the course! In this opening module, you will learn the basics of financial markets, insurance, and CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model). This module serves as the foundation of this course.
Course description
Learning Objectives
Discuss the relevance of this course in everyday life and the importance of ethical judgements in finance.
Understand the main sources of risk a security is subject to, and the main methods used to evaluate risk of an entire portfolio.
Describe why an investment may be considered high risk, and the sources of the so called 'disaster risk.'
List the key events in the history of insurance, and how insurance differs between the state and national level in the U.S.
Identify the qualitative differences between the normal and fat tail distributions, and give examples of risk pooling, moral hazard and selection bias.
Understand the principle of risk diversification.
Explain the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), and the role of short-selling within the model.
Recall how to compute optimal risk-return portfolios.
Understand the concept of efficient frontier in portfolio management.
Course Contents
2 sections8 lectures •0h 40m total length
Introduction To Financial Markets
Meaning And Definition of financial Markets
Classification of financial markets
Scope of Indian Financial Markets
Role of RBI as Manager of Foreign Exchange
Difference between New Issue Market and Secondary Market
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