Ownership and stock characteristics

Ownership and stock characteristics

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Investment (FIN 253)

Unit 5: Common Stock Fundamentals

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of ownership and stock characteristics.
• Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

• Pros and cons of stock ownership
• Basic characteristics of common stock: common stock as a corporate security, buying and selling stocks, common stock values

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Common-stock ownership

   1. Rights, residual claims and uncertainty.
   2. Advantages and disadvantages.
   3. Buying and selling as source topics.

2. Stock values

   1. Par, book, market or model values as prescribed.
   2. Distinguish measures and their purposes.
   3. Avoid treating one value as a guaranteed transaction price.

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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.