A Study on Security Analysis of Portfolio Management

Abstract

Investment is a financial activity that involves risk. It is the commitment of funds for a return expected to be realized in the future. Investment can be made in financial assets or physical assets. In either case there is possibility that the actual return may vary from the expected return that possibility is risk involved in it. Investment is generally distinguished from speculation in terms of 3 factors namely risk, capital gain and time period. Gambling is the extreme form of speculation. Investors may be individual or institutions there is large no. of investment avenues for savers in India. Corporate securities, deposits in the banks and Non-Banking companies, mutual funds schemes, provident fund schemes, life insurance policies, government securities are some of the important avenues.