This is a self reflection essay for the investment analysis course. In this paper, you will explain what you have learned in investment analysis, you will explain concepts and methods that you learned...

Every person who earns some amount of money wants to secure his future through investment. The extra amount of savings of an individual of any company after the expenses is invested. There are many forms of investment which can be done but Investment analysis gives the best place to invest so that is return on that investment is maximized. I was interested in the course of investment analysis because it has a diversified career options and I like to analyse the trends and various other factors for investment. This is the reason which made me want to pursue this course on the first hand.
Through Investment analysis I can predict what return will an investment fetch. Investment analysis involves a lot of calculations and assessments and there is a need to analyse the market Trends of the investments and of the financial Industries. Investment analysis is a way to predict the future performance of an investment based on the present in the past data and on the expectation of future news. The type of investment depends upon the goal of the investor. It also is based on the risk taking capacity of the investor.
During the course of investment analysis, we were taught methods through which the investment analysis can be done. Different analysis is done for different goals of the investor. Following are the types of Investment analysis has loaned during the course:
Top down approach: Under this Investment analysis various forms I learnt that trends are analysed such as economic market etc before the investment decision. Suppose my analysis says that the information technology industry was the best performing industry, my suggestion will be that a major part of my portfolio will be invested in the information technology industry.
Bottom up approach: Under this method of Investment analysis I understood that a single stock of Information Technology Sector is selected and the...