GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SECURITY AND PORFOLIO MANAGEMENT/1240001
Course Title: SECURITY AND PORFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Ahmet AKSOY
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aaksoy
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aaksoy@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the analysis of securities and portfolio investment.
Learns stock valuation.
Learns the analysis of debt instruments (e.g. bond,commercial paper.
Understands the basic portfolio theories and their implications for portfolio construction and management.
Understands the portfolio formation and analysis of portfolio.
Learns the security valuation.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Investment and types of investment, the purpose of investor and factors affecting investment decision
2. Week  Financial markets and types of financial markets
3. Week  The functions of capital markets, the development of the capital market in Turkey
4. Week  Capital market regulations and capital market institutions in Turkey
5. Week  Introduction to securities
6. Week  The IPOs and stock exchange transactions
7. Week  Return, risk and diversification
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  Real assets market, real estate market and investment in precious metals market
10. Week  Investment in foreign exchange market and money market
11. Week  Investment in securities market (stock, bonds and their derivatives)
12. Week  Introduction to portfolio management
13. Week  Asset pricing models
14. Week  Portfolio formation strategies, technical analysis and fundamental analysis
15. Week  Portfolio management and analysis of portfolio performance
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Sermaye Piyasası ve Borsa Temel Bilgiler Kılavuzu, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası Sermaye Piyasası Yatırım Araçları ve Analizi, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Aksoy, Prof. Dr. Cihan Tanrıöven Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2014
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer,Giving homework to students ensuring the application related to portfolio creation and company valuation analysis of one of Borsa Istanbul
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
0
 Assignment
1
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
7
4
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
7
4
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
6
4
24
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
6
4
24
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
7
3
21
 Final and Studying for Final
7
3
21
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Learns the fundamental principles and concepts of financial managementX
2Follows up to date academic papers and new trends in financial managementX
3Learns the functions and operations of national and international financial marketsX
4Gains the ability of analyzing and solving all sorts of possible financial problems that firms confront withX
5Learns the working capital management and management of short term liabilities and current assetsX
6Learns the financial instruments used in national and international markets. Understands the analysis and valuation of these instrumentsX
7Knows the fundamental accounting principles and financial statement analysisX
8Learns new financial instruments and derivatives market. Knows the valuation of financial derivativesX
9Understands both fundamental teories and new academic works and makes comparative analysis of financial teoriesX
10Learns investment analysis and portfolio managementX
11Gains practical and teoretical financial information necessary for an entrepreneur to evaluate alternative investments, to make investment decision and management of the invested firmX
12Deeply review the literature regarding the cost of capital, optimal capital structure and dividend policiesX
13Learns fundamental financial models and portfolio theoriesX
14Understands the financial and econometric models to value stocks and bonds and apply these models to the financial instruments in the marketX