Bond investment strategies

Bond investment strategies

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Investment (FIN 253)

Unit 8: Bond Valuation

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of bond investment strategies.
• Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

• Bond investment strategies

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Bond strategies

   1. Identify strategies in the course materials.
   2. Maturity, income and risk objectives.
   3. Compare active and other prescribed approaches.

2. Evaluation

   1. Use consistent cash-flow and rate assumptions.
   2. Consider transaction costs and uncertainty.
   3. Avoid presenting a strategy as assured protection.

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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.