Common debt and equity securities

    Examine common debt and equity securities, and analyze the relative risks and returns associated with each. Analyze how the securities business works through stockbrokers and investment bankers using the physical exchanges, network exchanges, and OTC markets. Perform and interpret basic security analyses using indexes, averages, and various technical methods, as well as compounding, discounting, and forecasting. Propose ways to apply various strategies in the management of financial investment portfolios in order to optimize profits (and minimize taxes) within acceptable risks. Find and utilize sources of pertinent investing information on a company, its industry, the economy as a whole, and the international environment to analyze investment potential. Examine the differences between various investments such as options, convertibles, warrants, rights, and commodities. Illustrate how to use hybrid and derivative instruments such as convertibles, warrants, rights, options, and futures contracts in investment strategies. Use technology and information resources to research issues in investments.