Averages and NEPSE indices

Averages and NEPSE indices

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Investment (FIN 253)

Unit 3: Investment Information and Securities Transactions

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of averages and nepse indices.
• Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

• Market averages and indexes: introduction, uses, types and their construction including NEPSE Indexes

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Averages and indices

   1. Purpose and represented market segment.
   2. Construction and weighting approaches.
   3. Uses and limitations.

2. NEPSE context

   1. Study the specified index method.
   2. Calculate or interpret supplied movements.
   3. Distinguish an index return from every investor's result.

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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.