Recommended for Finance Students

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Questions on Equity Valuation (PGDM and MBA)

Dear student,
I am sorry I had forgotten to upload this ppt. Please download the questions and try to solve them.

Good luck for the exam.

Questions

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Final Set of Data (MBA and PGDM)

Dear MBA and PGDM student,
I sincerely apologize for not uploading the ppts on time and as per their sections. I have been busy doing other things which are not allowing me to do this task. Hence, I am uploading all the power points, without the audio lectures.

With this I sign off. I am glad to have good students like you with me. Thank you all.

It is time for you all to get some tips and hints about your final exam. Here are some suggestions.
  • First of all, read the question properly. Try to understand what is asked in the question. Many times students commit mistake in understanding question, and hence give wrong answer.
  • You will have good amount of time to write your answer. 180 minutes for 70 marks, that makes 2.57 minutes (approximate) for 1 mark. As per this, for every 7 marks question you get 18 minutes (for PGDM, for a 10 marks question you get 25 min, and 38 min for a 15 marks question). So, you should be able to justify and attempt all the questions. No excuses.  
  • Use bullets and combination of black/blue pen and pencil to make your answer more attractive.
  • Highlight important points in your answer.
  • Draw diagrams and figures to explain your points.
  • While preparing answers, keep the question in mind as well. So that you don't mix two answers.
  • Use small and correct sentences. This is important for those students whose English is not very good.
  • Pray! May God help you in achieving your dreams!  

Sharpe Single Index Model
Sharpe's Portfolio Selection Model (the one with calculation of C*) Only For MBA
Portfolio's Performance Evaluation
Numerical Questions on CAPM
Multi-Factor Pricing Model
Markowitz Model
Intro to Portfolio Management
Intro to Capital Market Theory
Financial Statements Analysis
Equity Valuation
Equity Portfolio Management Strategies
CAPM
Bond Valuation
Arbitrage Pricing Theory

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Diwali Assignment for PGDM students

Dear PGDM students,
I hope you had a very good time during the festivals. As you all are aware that your exams will start from November 20th. So, better to use the remaining days of vacation in preparing for the exams. Hence, I am giving you the following individual assignments. I hope you will finish your respective assignments by Monday, 3rd November.

Click on your name to download your assignment. Good Luck.

DIVISION A

Benson
Mushir
Anil
Jignesh
Milind
Shashank
Chirag
Sheetal
Ravindra
Sudesh
Kiran
Amit
Nikunj
Vishal

DIVISION B

Arpan
Jenish
Deepak
Aaskash
Bharat
Smit Kardani
Pradeep
Smit Mehta
Riyaz
Shiv
Aabha
Sufyan
Saniya
Rohit
Deep

Monday, October 27, 2014

Diwali Assignments for PIM MBA students

Dear MBA students,
The festivities are over and you should be back to your books now. Here are the individual assignments for PIM MBA students. Come with your respective assignments on Monday 3rd November. Good Luck.

Click on your name to download your assignment.

Nikul
Payal
Anant
Sachin
Bhavin
Vipul
Dashrath
Deepika
Hiren
Mohit
Nishant
Sneha
Piyush
Poojan
Ramji
Neha
Aadil
Hardik
Darshna
Kiran
Trusha

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Diwali Assignment for PIET Students

Dear Students, 
Happy Diwali. I wish you have lots of success in the coming year.
As we will have very few days after the Diwali break, I am giving you assignments, individually. I hope you all will do your respective assignments after the celebrations get over next week.
Click on your name to get your assignment. If you can't download your assignment, please contact me.

Dinesh Ahuja

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Assignment 1 for MBA students

Dear all MBA students,
Following file contains some questions which were asked in past exams of GTU. We have covered most of the questions in the class, yet there are some points which will be part of your self study.
This file has 16 questions, and you have to solve any 8 of them. I suggest to make a group of two students and solve all 16 together.
You have to make a note book for assignments, I will give you 4 in total. Submit that note book after one week of the assignment given. So for this assignment, you have time till 27th of August, 2014.
Good luck.
Assignment 1

Saturday, August 16, 2014

When there is a return, there shall be risk! (MBA)

Dear MBA students,
As the old saying goes, "when there is a will, there is a way", similarly when there is a return, there is a risk as well. They are two sides of a single coin, they are like twins, they cannot be parted.

It is important that one studies the risk and return both, because most of the investors tend to overlook the risk part of the investment. Unfortunately, greed for return blinds us for the risk associated. Sometimes, investors are overconfident on their judgement and neglect the risk. In any case, as finance managers, we get the opportunity to earn money by "scaring" the investors about the risk.
Greed makes us forget the risk

From the GTU exam's point of view, this topic may be asked in theory or there can be a numerical question. Go through the ppt attached and try to solve numerical questions. I will upload the audio very soon.
ppt of risk & return

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Margin Trading (MBA)

Dear MBA students,

Margin trading is one of the essential ideas for liquidity in stock market. Imagine, what can happen if you are allowed to borrow 80 to 90% of trade value without interest! You could do a lot of things with the leverage you get through Margin Trading.

In other words, margin trading allows you to add 0's (zeros) in your trade. We know that a zero doesn't have any value unless it is appended at the end of a non-zero digit. Your initial margin is that non-zero digit, and debit balance is the additional 0's you put after that.

Enjoy margin trading.

Margin Trading PPT
Margin Trading Lecture 1
Margin Trading Lecture 2

REIT, a new possibility for Real Estate sector (MBA & PGDM)

Dear all,
Recently, Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley gave approval for forming Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). The concept is similar to a mutual fund, where in small investors pool money and a fund manager invests the fund into designated area. Here, a trust will be form, and the trust will pool money to fund real estate projects. This will help a builder (or a developer) as he will not have to borrow money from banks at a higher rate of interest.
Helping hand for real estate developers

I am sharing this link to Article in Mint news paper which was published on 11th July 2014. Go through it, and do a little bit of research. It has opened one more investment avenue for investors.


Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Investment Alternatives and Margin Trading (MBA)

Dear MBA students,
I am uploading ppts of the two lectures and audio. These two ppt have around 14 marks, 7 theory and 7 numerical. I will upload an assignment very soon for the syllabus we have finished. Practice those assignment questions for getting good marks in exam.

Ppt for Investment Alternatives
Audio for Investment Alternatives
PPT for Margin Trading and Calculation
Audio of 1st Lecture on Margin Trading

Warren Bueffett - The greatest Investor of our era!

Dear All MBA and PGDM students,

Mr. Warren Buffett
I feel that we are fortunate to live in a time where we can see and listen to great people like Warren Buffett. I will update this post very soon with more information about him. As of now, I am just sharing a book about him, The Snow Ball. Those who are preparing a presentation on him and poster on him, can take references from this book.

Download the book :
The Snow Ball

Monday, August 11, 2014

Finishing lectures of Investment Alternatives(PGDM)

Dear PGDM students
uploading last two lectures on Investment Alternatives. I hope these will help you in preparing your assignment.
Lecture taken on 5th August
Lecture taken on 8th August

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Welcome MBA Students

Dear all PIM and PIET MBA students,
Good to see you people interacting in class, specially PIET students. I hope the same level of interaction will continue in coming lectures. I suggest that one of you take responsibility to form a group on whatsapp so that I can convey message to all at once. I am really happy with that arrangement done by PGDM Finance students.
I will try to upload audio of lectures on the same day, so keep visiting the blog for updated audio. And, till the whole ppt is over, all the audios will be uploaded in the same post. For example, the audio of next lecture will be uploaded on this post only, as the ppt is here.

Many students fail in this subject in GTU exam, so start working hard from the beginning.

First two posts, Start Financing yourself! and Noble Awards! are recommended reading for you.

Have a happy time ahead.

Power point for first two lectures
Audio of lecture 1 taken on 30th July
Audio of lecture 2 (5th August)

Monday, August 4, 2014

A little change in lecture sequence (PGDM) - Update

Dear All,
There is a little change in the sequence of lectures that is mentioned in the syllabus I gave you. As per the syllabus, after Investment Alternatives topic we should start with Fundamental Analysis. But, I think it would be good to start with session number 13 and 14, which is Risk and Return valuation. So, we will start with it. I am uploading the ppt for that lecture. Mostly, on Friday morning we will start it. For that, you need to bring a calculator and a new notebook.
We will do some numerical portion in this session.
Have fun.
Download the Risk & Return Valuation ppt.
First lecture on Risk & Return

Saturday, August 2, 2014

First assignment for PGDM students

Dear all PGDM students,
Form the past experience of teaching this subject, I have found that regular practice of this subject is essential for learning as well scoring good marks. So, I will try to give you one assignment every week. Mostly I will upload the assignment on Saturday, so that you can do it on Sunday.
Get one note book of 200 pages and dedicate all the pages for this subject only. So that when you have to prepare for exam you don't have to run here and there for material. I will upload the best assignment on this blog. And the student with the best assignment will get additional marks for it.

For this assignment you have one week i.e. till 10th August. On 11th, you have to submit the assignment to me.
Start working on this Assignment 1 today.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

PGDM Warm up is done! UPDATED

Dear All PGDM students,
We have done warm up sessions. Now is the time to start the big game.
Here I am uploading ppt for the next lecture on investment alternatives. When we meet on Friday morning, I want all of you come prepared for the session.

Good Luck.
Download ppt for Investment Alternatives.
Download  Lecture audio
Audio of Lecture on Monday 4th August

Friday, July 25, 2014

Introduction for PGDM students

Dear PGDM students,
It was good to see a good number of students in the class yesterday. I am uploading power point slides that we will cover in the next lecture, as well as the audio of the introductory lecture. I suggest that you all go through the power point before coming to the lecture. And those who were absent, please start attending college regularly.

Lectur 1 ppt
Lecture 1 Audio file

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Nobel Awards!

Dear Friends,
I must mention one unique thing about this subject, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (SAPM for MBA) or Investment and Portfolio Management (IPM for PGDM). This subject has a great distinction in terms of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, popularly Nobel Prize. Perhaps, this is the only subject of entire two year management course that has as many as SIX Nobel Laureates (winners).
Aflred Nobel minted on the Medal
These great people are:
                    James Tobin (1981)
                    Franco Modigliani (1985) 
                    Harry Markowitz (1990)
                    Merton Miller (1990)
                    William Sharpe (1990)
                    and Eugene Fama (2013)
You people must have studied Modigliani and Miller (MM) model in your Financial Management subject. Both of them have won Nobel at different times. We will study theories of these great people in our subject and that is why I call this subject as one of the most exciting subjects of the curriculum.
I hope you will appreciate the efforts put in by these Laureates in making finance easy (or rather difficult) for common man.

I wish one of you also develop a taste for the subject and win a Nobel in future. Good Luck.