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What the syllabus expects

  • Basic types of securities transactions: long purchase, margin trading and short selling

Securities transaction types

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Investment (FIN 253)

Unit 2: Securities Markets

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of securities transaction types.
  • Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

  • Basic types of securities transactions: long purchase, margin trading and short selling

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Transaction types

    1. Long purchase.
    2. Margin transaction.
    3. Short sale.
  2. Analysis

    1. Identify cash flows, borrowing and obligations.
    2. Calculate outcomes from supplied prices and costs.
    3. Distinguish academic examples from actual market permissions.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 89–91.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.