Course image ECO 4203 : Investment Analysis and Portifolio Management
Trimester 2
ECO 4203 : Investment Analysis and Portifolio Management

 Dear Students,

I Welcome you all to this module of Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. As students of Bachelor of Science in Economics, Monetary Economics, this is a key module to enable you to develop your career in the future.

Learning Outcome:

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of:

  1. Principles and theories related to investment and portfolio management
  2. Management of risks in investments and portfolio analysis
  3. Investment markets and stock exchange operations.
  4. The relevance of using Fundamental analysis, Technical analysis and Efficient Market Anomalies to influence investors’ decision making.

Module Facilitators:

                         Names                                           Address                Contacts                               Email

1. Mr. Habimana Ferdinand Module Partner)               Huye                  +250788834159                 hferdnand@yahoo.com
2. Mr Samuel Gakwerere  (Module Partner                  Huye               +250788306531              gakwereresamuel@gmail.com

3. Alice MUKASEKURU                  +250788535252                amukasekuru@gmail.com

    INDICATIVE RESOURCES

Core Text

Mayo H. B. (2011). Investment: An Introduction. South-Western: engage Learning 10th Edition.ISBN-10: 0538452099

Frank  K. Reilly & Keith C. Brown (2011). Investment analysis and Portfolio Management: 10th Edition. ISBN: 0538482389

Background Texts

  1. Graham, B. & Donald, R.L. (2009). Security Analysis. Principles and Techniques, 6th Edition, New York.
  2. Sharpe W. F.; Alexander G. J. & Bailey J.V. (2007). Investments. 6th Edition, New Delhi.
  3. M.Y, Khan,: Investment Management and Portfolio Management.

Journals: Academic Journals and Business Publications

  1. The Economist
  2. Journal of Finance
  3. Financial Analysts Journal
  4. European Finance Review
  5. The Wall Street Journal
  6. Bloomberg, Reuters, Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Research
  7. The Financial Times
  8. Newsweek
  9. Business Week
  10. Investor’s Business Daily
  11. Journal of Portfolio Management
  12. NewTimes
  13. Prospectus of listed companies in Rwanda (Blarirwa and Bank of Kigali)

Key websites and on-line resources

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ECO3231: Project Management and EValuation


This module has been disigned for the year four students, all options and is a module which will help students aquiring knowledge and skills in Project Management and Evaluation.
Briefly, the current labor market do require students to be proactive and innovative which may lead them to create jobs
for themselves without really depending on the public sector, therefore this module is good enough as will provide relevant
skills and practicals to students so that they will be able to develop businesses or projects and manage them well,
which will result to solve many socio and economic problems most of communities face including ours in particural.
The module covers three parts which will be taught through 9 units and E-Tivity at the end of each, so students are welocome and required to be active participants in this module.
Thanks    

Brief description and aims:

To help students to be able:

a) To get a clear picture of the dimensions and aspects of development projects.

b) To broaden the student’s knowledge of Project Management so that he/she is able to relate to a real business situation.

c)  To know how to efficiently manage development projects as well as how to analyze the data in the context of planning development projects in the country.

d)  To analyze investment projects

e)  To help students develop self-awareness of the technical and business abilities they need to develop and survive in business.

f) To know what critical path means in relation to the types of project

g)  To enhance the technical and management aspects associated with effectively managing projects.

Learning Outcomes:

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

(1) Broad and integrated understanding of the well-established management and evaluation of projects

(2) To accumulate knowledge and critical understanding of the key characteristics of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures.

(3) Describe the phases of the project lifecycle

(4) Discuss the steps of the planning process

 Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to:

(5) Identify and analyze quantitative methods problems and issues related to the subject area of management and evaluation of projects

(6) To analyze and manage projects

(7) To develop critical analytical abilities to investigate the contributions of different' types' of entrepreneurs and SMEs in various contexts.

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to:

(8) Deploy the key techniques of the discipline management and evaluation of projects with confidence  and use it to support and enhance work.

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to:

(9) Exercise autonomy and initiative in some activities at a professional Level and take responsibility for own work and manage the work of others

The course developers
Mr Ferdinand Nkikabahizi
Mr Cyprien Habyarimana