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Title Security Analysis and Investment
Code ACFI825
Coordinator Professor X Cai
Finance and Accounting
X.Cai7@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2024-25 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
ACFI923 Portfolio Theory 2024-25 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 20

 5

         25
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 125
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Individual assignment. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  0    100       
Online module choice questionnaire. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  1    0       

Aims

Understand the essential characteristics of different asset classes;

Understand the theories underpinning the techniques of security analysis and valuation;

Applying security analysis technique in constructed examples and real world data;

Critically appraise investment strategy in the context of theory and practice.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will have a systematic and critical awareness of the nature of equity securities and current professional practice related to equity markets.

(LO2) Students will be able to demonstrate the application and critical appraisal of fundamental analysis to the valuation of equity securities, including residuals analysis in complex scenarios.

(LO3) Students will be able to demonstrate a conceptual appraisal of the principles underlying the equity markets and equity security valuation, including hybrids at the forefront of current practice.

(LO4) Students will be able to systematically and critically appraise professional practice related to fixed income securities.

(LO5) Students will be able to apply techniques and methods to analyse yields, risks and valuation for fixed income securities in an uncertain context.

(LO6) Students will be able to demonstrate a conceptual and critical awareness of the principles underlying the yields, risks and valuation of fixed income securities and the application of current valuation techniques.

(S1) Problem solving. Students will be required to develop problem solving skills in lectures and practical lab sessions.

(S2) Numeracy. Numeracy skills will be developed through the application of techniques taught in lectures to various real and artificial data sets.

(S3) Commercial awareness. Within interactive lecture environment and supported self learning.

(S4) Communication skills. Communication skills will be developed through the careful interpretation and guided discussion of results in practical sessions.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

2 hour lecture x 10 weeks
1 hour seminar x 5 weeks
125 hours self-directed learning

Syllabus
 

Part 1. Understanding the investment industry:

The investment environment (the industries);
Asset classes and financial instruments (the securities);
How securities are traded (the markets).

Part 2. Analyses:

Macroeconomics and industry analysis (macro);
Financial statement analysis (firm level).

Part 3. Equity valuation and investment:

Equity valuation models (discounted based);
Asset pricing models (rational or behavioural based);
Factor investing (investment strategies).

Part 4. Bond analysis and valuation and investment:

Bond price and yields (basic);
The term structure of interest rate (valuation).

Managing bond portfolio (investment)

Recommended Texts
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