2015 (May)
COMMERCE (Speciality)
Course: 404 (Security Analysis and Portfolio Management)
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
(NEW COURSE)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
1. What do you mean by the
following: 1x8=8
a)
Valuation of assets.
b)
Efficiency frontier.
c)
Market risk.
d)
Risk adjustment.
e)
Future.
f)
Systematic return.
g)
Diversification
h)
Option.
2. Write short note on: 4x4=16
a)
Nature of options.
b)
Arbitrage.
c)
Portfolio Management.
d)
Convertible
Securities.
3. (a) What do you mean by
unsystematic risk. What are its sources? How can it be managed? Discuss out
with examples.
Or
(b) Discuss
different measures to analyze the fundamental and to technical factors in decision.
4. (a) Write a
detailed note on fraudulent portfolio analyses.
Or
(b) Write
a detailed note on Markowitz model.
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5. (a) Discuss
the assumptions of CAPM model. Do you think that it is acceptable in Indian context?
Justify you argument with examples.
Or
(b)
Discuss the limitation of factors models in what way two factors model is
better than one factor model? Justify.
6. Write
notes on any two of the following:
a)
Sharpe model.
b)
Treynor’s model.
c)
Jensen
model.
d)
Stock selection.
7. (a) Calculate the full price
of a 3 months (91 days) call and put options with exercise price of 120 for a
stock quoting at Rs. 100. Assume interest rate of 10% and S.D. of 0.8.
Or
(b) Stock PQR is currently priced
at Rs. 1010. A put option with exercise price of Rs. 980 is available for Rs.
42. What are the intrinsic value and time value?