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B.Com (VI Semester) Examination
COMMERCE
Paper : BCM–603 (Gr–C) (New Course)
( Security Analysis and Portfolio Management )
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
1. Answer any five of the following questions : 2×5=10
(a) What is investment?
(b) Distinguish between systematic risk and unsystematic risk.
(c) Define portfolio management.
(d) Give two examples of security.
(e) Define mutual fund.
(f) Explain the term ‘APT’.
(g) What is the use of charting?
2. Answer any four of the following questions : 5×4=20
(a) Establish relationship between risk and return.
(b) Write the meaning and scope of investment.
(c) Explain the importance of company analysis.
(d) Explain the importance of investment in the economy.
(e) What is market cycle model? Explain basic trend identification.
(f) Define Hedge fund. How is it created?
(g) Explain the terms ‘support’ and ‘resistance’.
(h) What is technical analysis? Explain its importance.
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3. Answer any five of the following questions : 10×5=50
(a) Distinguish between CAPM and APT of asset pricing.
(b) Explain Markowitz model of risk return optimization.
(c) Explain the process of investment in detail.
(d) Define industrial analysis. Discuss key characteristics of industrial analysis.
(e) What are charts? How are they interpreted in technical analysis?
(f) Explain the terms ‘formulation’, ‘monitoring’ and ‘evaluation’ with regard to portfolio management.
(g) What is economic forecasting? Explain its technique.
(h) Explain the features of momentum analysis.
(i) What is portfolio? Discuss various types of investment portfolios.
