Importance Of Investment Analysis

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Finance can be regarded as the core of the modern business market, and investment analysis is an important role that is broadly carried out by investors for their investment decisions. Investment analysis is defined as the study of how an investment is likely to perform and how suitable it is for a given investor, thus being the key to any sound portfolio management strategy. Moreover, it is the analysis of past investment decisions through looking back at previous investment decisions and the processes of making those decisions. Through this analysis, investors can look make optimal decisions for their specified investment. Particularly with the recent economic recession, investment analysis is proving to play an important role in the world of finance. All things considered, I have no doubt MSc Investment Analysis can quench my thirst of knowledge in this field.

During my academic years, I have taken modules in terms of my interests such as Foundation of Finance, Financial decision making, Investment Analysis, Financial Derivatives and Financial Engineering so on. Despite its difficulty, I chose these modules as I earnestly wanted to prepare myself for my future career. I believe that studying these modules has further fuelled my interest in finance and it certainly has had an effect on my decision of choosing MSc Investment Analysis.

For instance, for the financial side, I have acquired the knowledge in analysing a firm's performance based on investment analysis such as ratio analysis and how to apply asset pricing models such as Capital Asset Pricing Model and Arbitrage Pricing Theory into real world situation. Furthermore, there is an undoubted importance in the use of statistical data in investment analysis and I have lea...

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Aston University is one of the world top ranked university and has high prestige with cutting-edge research and brilliant facilities it provides for students to study and enjoy their higher education. The MSc Investment Analysis course is also organised by highly reputable teaching staffs and thus I believe extending my educational degree here will be the best stepping-stone of my future career goal as a professional investment analyst. Since I have been living abroad, I have become an independent and a self-motivated person. I am eager to take any up-coming challenges from studying at Aston University, and I believe that it will be a success.

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