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

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

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.

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

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

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)

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

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.