Monday, March 17, 2008

Reading 58: Equity: Concepts and Techniques

LOS

The candidate should be able to:
a. classify business cycle stages and identify attractive investment opportunities for
each stage;
b. discuss, with respect to global industry analysis, the key elements related to
return expectations;
c. describe the industry life cycle and identify an industry’s stage in its life cycle;
d. discuss the specific advantages of both the concentration ratio and the
Herfindahl index;
e. discuss, with respect to global industry analysis, the elements related to risk, and
describe the basic forces that determine industry competition.
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Prescribed reading

“Equity: Concepts and Techniques”
Ch. 6, pp. 256–273, International Investments, 5th edition, Bruno Solnik and Dennis McLeavey (Addison Wesley, 2003)

“Industry Analysis”
Ch. 13, pp. 466–468, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 8th edition, Frank K. Reilly and Keith C. Brown (South-Western, 2006)

For points to refresh on Industry analyis based on 7th edition of Reilly and Brown please visit
http://nrao-sapm-handbook.blogspot.com/2007/12/r-b-ch14-points-to-refresh.html

2 comments:

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