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Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Lecture # 4
Dr. Shahid A. Zia
Categories of Stocks
• Blue Chip Stocks
• Income Stocks
• Cyclical Stocks
• Defensive Stocks
• Growth Stocks
• Speculative Stocks
• Penny Stocks
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A blue chip stock is a stock that usually has a long
history of uninterrupted dividends.
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Market Mechanics Placing
Orders(1)
• Order Information Flow
• Types of Orders
• Settlement Procedures
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Types of Orders
• Market orders are to be executed as soon as they
reach the exchange floor at the best prevailing
price.
• Stop order
- especially useful in protecting profits.
- can also be used to minimize losses.
- unfortunately, investors seldom use them.
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Other Orders
• One cancels the others
• All or none
• Fill or kill
• Stop limit
• Market if triggered order (MIT)
• Good till cancel (GTC)
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The Stock Exchange Specialist
The specialist performs several useful functions:
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