Statistical Methods by SNEDCOR

Today I have purchased an Indian edition of Statistical Methods for Rs 270/-.

1. I couldn't resist buying after reading the recommendation by Victor.
2. Books Victor Niederhoffer would like to read.Of course I would like to acquire them for my home library if I have some money.
3. Good Statistics books from DailySpec.
4. Victor's favorite and Other books on Stats.
5. A statistical tool kit from Berkeley.
6. Interesing discussion of Range and Standard Deviation.
7. Correlation & Regression the most useful and foundation for all extensions .
8. Sequential statistics - A new framework

Intersting readings

I found the following posts interesting

1. Ten steps to become a successful speculator
2. The language of the successful trader  .
3. J R Verma on Informationally insensitive assets
4. Education in India at the crossroads

TAME program @ Hyderabad on Feb 25-26,2012

Technical analysis made easy  is scheduled during FEB 25-26,2012.

1. This is a unique program combining Global best practices with Indian Market Insights.
2. The syllabus is exhaustive and focuses on the critical points in TA.
3. I have drawn inspiration from  giants in the fiels of trading & speculation such as Victor Niederhoffer, Brett Steenbarger.
4. Technical analysis as an addon tool is being recognised by academics also.
5. ICHARTS and TAME Charting tools will be used in my course.
6. This is a rigorous program which is intended to add value to participants.
7. Interesting post on SMB Training. I have always encountered  traders who use negative language to describe their interaction with the markets. This will further accelerate their demise as market participants.
8. The program aims to build more confidence and consistency in the Trading approach.
9. A timeless article on buiding Market Intution.

FDP on SAPM @ Coimbatore

I am delighted to be invited as a resource person for FDP on SAPM.

1. The FDP is on 10th Mar 2012 at  Srivenkateswara Group of Institutions.
2. Topics I am going to cover include   Security analysis & Portfolio management and Psychology of Investing.
3. I will use   Bodie, Kane, Marcus & Mohanty for the Forenoon session
4. For psychology of investing   text by  Mark Hirschey & Nofsinger
5. It will be great to use NCFM materials to understand Market design.

MRCET GUEST LECTURE on Indian Financial Markets

Today, I had the opportunity to give a lecture on Basics of stockmarkets at  MRCET, Maisammaguda,Secbad.

1. I have found their hospitality very warm.
2. It was mostly an interactive session
3. Students cleared their doubts and very interesting questions came up.
4. I am planning to attend and present a paper in their conference.

Security Analysis & Portfolio Management

SAPM or IAPM or Investments is a popular course among students of MBA Colleges and  B-Schools.
I would like to muse over the SAPM subject as it is close to my heart.

1. Syllabus of  SAPM in JNTU and Investments in OU are well designed and it will glow in the hands of an experienced teacher.
2. The teacher needs practical understanding of Risk and Speculation. Otherwise he will not have faith in the Speculative price discovery as the soul of a market.
3. I found excellent empirical examples from NISM's EERF program. Dr K Kiran  of NISM is really fascinating in his energetic presentations of Finance and econometrics.
4. SAPM can be enriched substantially with data from BSE, NSE, MCX and SEBI

Interesting Readings

The following articles are interesting and cover wide range of issues.

1. PISA results for India. A cursory glance at mushrooming engineering & MBA colleges surrounding Hyderabad and interaction with the students  during my activities is a grim reminder of the many things in the report.
2. Accountability in Education posted in Ajay Shah's Blog.
3. Article on Valuation Metrics.
4. Dr Pitabas Mohanty of XLRI on valuation and lot of interesting posts.
5. Another good postings by Sanjay Bakshi on Valuation

SEBI's controls on IPO Listing day Volatility

 SEBI released trading controls  for Listing day IPO price fluctuations.

1.  I have earlier commented on IPO Listing day volatility.
2. SEBI has responded with lot of sensible measures to tame down the Volatility .
3. The detailed  sebi circulars relating to this.
4. A good paper on Call auctions by a respected financial economist Dr Susan Thomas
5. Whether this affects price discovery, liquidity and Broker funding for IPOs remains to be seen.
6. Research paper on IPO Volatility. The abstract seems interesting at Indian Journal of Finance

Aiming for NSE Certified Market Professional Level 5

I have taken 4 NCFM new modules on 18th,19th Jan 2012.

1. I have succesfully completed all the four modules ie IAPM, Securities Market ( Advanced) Module, Macroeconomics for Financial Markets Module, Fundamental Analysis Module.
2. This gives great satisfaction for me for getting eligibility for NCMP Level 5.
3. NCFM material is very free flowing and highly relevant for all MBA students. I would recommend to freely down load and improve the knowledge base of Finance students.

Guest Lecture @ ASTRA on India's Financial Markets

Guest Lecture on India's Financial Markets @ ASTRA

1. I am planning to give a 2-hr guest lecture on India's Financial Markets at ASTRA
2. The topics I am planning to cover are Basics of StockMarkets with latest examples
3. I plan to emphasise on Data orientation from NSE, SEBI etc
4. This will be useful for their SAPM, Derivatives also
5. Project work orientation will be provided to students.

Books on Analysing Financial Data

Financial Markets always fascinated me. In my search for books about analysing financial data I came across many jewels some of which are available on the net for the motivated student of Markets.

1. Analysis of Financial Data by Gary Koop
2. Financial Market Analytics  by John Teall
3. Financial Time Series     Tsay
4. Market Models  by Carol Alexander
5. Basic Econometrics  by Gujarati
6. Financial Econometrics by Fogler and Ganapathy
7. Econometric Modelling of Financial Time series by Terence Mills
8. Elements of Forecating by Diebold
9. The Econometrics of financial Markets  Campbell, Lo, Mackinlay
10. Introductory econometrics for finance by Chris Brooks