IIFT Ireland

Can you provide me the course content for Diploma in Investing Program as offered by IIFT or Institute of Investing & Financial Trading in Ireland?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Diploma in Investing Program as offered by IIFT or Institute of Investing & Financial Trading in Ireland transforms investing skills, outlook and confidence level for achieving more with money.

Course Content

An inside view of financial markets – Peter Brown
• Course overview and framework
• How the financial markets work
• How big players influence the markets
• What determines price movement
• Risk and reward management for investors
• The effect of the low interest rate environment
• Accessing euro versus non euro assets
• Assessing hidden risks in investment products
• Making money in the markets
Individual Asset Classes – Ciaran Mulhall
• Deposits – being careful about where you put your cash
• Bonds – higher yielding alternatives for investors
• Pros and cons of corporate versus sovereign bonds
• Commodities – should investors be in gold, oil, food commodities?
• ETFs or exchange traded funds – what are they?
• Why does the modern investor need to know about ETFs?
• ETFs: target specific asset classes (equities, property, bonds, commodities etc.) to suit your investment strategy
Managed Asset Classes and Portfolio construction – Peter Brown
• Tracker Bonds – prospects for success in this environment, costs and risks.
• Managed Funds – the good the bad and the ugly.
• Portfolio Construction – determining the mix of asset classes – low, medium and higher risk.
• How to build and maintain a diversified investment portfolio
Modern tools and Techniques – Niall O’Connor & John McGlade
• Platforms and techniques
• Buying shares on line
• ETFs on-line
• Financial spread betting
• CFDs
• Options – a simple overview
• Engaging a broker – advisory or non-advisory
• Tools
• Technical analysis for investors
• Useful information sources
Shares-Fundamental Analysis / The Role of News – David Flynn
• The various stock markets and sectors
• How to evaluate companies
• Rules for buy trades
• Rules for short trades
• Common mistakes investors make
• How to maximise your profits
• Interpreting news and benefiting from it
• Assessing the macro economic cycles
• Some further reading
Property Investing – Karl Deeter
• Property as an investment
• Property versus other investments
• What factors affect property investing?
• Ways of evaluating a property investment
• Valuing property as an investment
• Historical performance and cyclicality
• Leverage
• Taxation
• Regulation
• Summary
The Pension Market and Pension Management – Cormac Farrell
• What is really happening in the Pension market
• What are smart people doing
• Self-directed pensions
• Better pension performance
• Charges and penalties
• Allocation rates
Course Review and developing your action plan – Eoin McGee & John McGlade
• A professional Financial Planner will attend the module and help you develop your personal investment action plan
• Optimising the tax efficiency of your investments
• Course review and moving forward
• How to access IIFT support