MFP-01
1. Explain the evolution of Commodity Markets. Select any one Commodity Exchange and try to study the development of that Exchange. Also find out the commodities that are traded on that exchange and the Regulations governing it.
2. With the help of flow diagram explain the actual process of Book Building. What are the roles and responsibilities of the intermediaries involved in the book building process? 3. Consult any depository of your choice and discuss its role in the process of Pledging and Hypothecation of a share.
4. Indentify the patterns of technical analysis emerging from the price graphs of any five scrips trading in Indian equity markets.
5. ‘A Portfolio manager evaluating two or more portfolios can combine securities in a portfolio in a number of ways by simply changing the proportions of the funds
allocated to them’. Discuss this statement with the help of suitable examples.
MFP-02
1. What are derivatives? Discuss the different segments of Derivative Markets and elaborate the need for derivative markets.
2. What are SWAPs? Explain with examples currency and equity swaps.
3. Discuss the factors that affect the put option price and show their impact on such price. 4. Explain the following: (a) Delta (b) Vega
5. What is ‘Clearing and settlement’? Discuss the settlement mechanism for future contracts.
MFP-03
1.Discuss the role and importance of Commodity Derivatives Exchange in Asia and the Middle East.
2. Discuss the role played by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in regulating the commodity markets in USA.
3. Meet a Broker who deals in Commodity Derivatives and discuss with him the technologies used in Derivatives trading.
4. Discuss the role of Indian Energy Exchange and explain its operational and delivery procedures.
5. Study and analyse the Case of ‘Long Term Capital Management’, which is given in Unit -18 of this course material and answer the questions given at the end of this case.
(PLEASE ATTACH THIS CASE STUDY WE WILL SOLVE)