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Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

AB606 · Investment and Risk Management — Week 13 of 16

CourseAB606
Week13 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the structure of the different types of financial markets.
  • 1.2 Discuss how, why and where trading and investment takes place.
  • 1.3 Examine the impact economic and political events have on financial markets and investment.
  • 2.1 Examine how trading performance is affected by human psychology.
  • 2.2 Explain how technical analysis is used in financial markets.
  • 2.3 Assess how technical analysis strategies are used in practice.
  • 3.1 Analyse types of investment risk.
  • 3.2 Assess how investment risks can be mitigated.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Financial Market Architecture
  • Week 2: Trading Mechanics and Investment Venues
  • Week 3: Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Impacts on Markets
  • Week 4: Behavioural Finance and Trader Psychology
  • Week 5: Foundations of Technical Analysis
  • Week 6: Technical Indicators and Oscillator Application
  • Week 7: Technical Trading Strategies in Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Taxonomy and Measurement of Investment Risk
  • Week 10: Portfolio Theory and Diversification Strategies
  • Week 11: Derivatives and Active Risk Mitigation
  • Week 12: Applying Investment and Risk Management in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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