Investment Analysis flashcards that match how you actually study
Whether you are prepping for exams or building long-term knowledge, Investment Analysis rewards retrieval practice—not rereading. NoteFren converts your handwritten notes, slides, and PDF text into clean Q&A flashcards so you can review Investment Analysis with spaced repetition in minutes, not hours.
Studying Investment Analysis with flashcards
Investment analysis covers valuing securities and building portfolios: equity and bond valuation, portfolio theory, the CAPM, performance measurement, and derivatives basics. Students handle dividend discount models, price multiples, duration and convexity, the efficient frontier, and risk-adjusted return ratios like Sharpe, Treynor, and Jensen's alpha. The persistent challenge is keeping straight which model applies to which asset and remembering the precise definition and interpretation of each ratio, since several look almost identical.
Active recall is well suited because exam questions turn on exact formulas and their interpretation — "what does a Sharpe ratio measure that Treynor does not?" Spaced repetition keeps the many valuation models and performance metrics from merging. Build cards that pair each ratio with its numerator, denominator, and what it tells you; cards that match a valuation model to the asset and assumptions it requires; and cards on relationships like the security market line or why bond convexity matters. Turning your handwritten formula derivations into NoteFren cards lets you drill both computation and interpretation so you can pick the right tool quickly under exam conditions.
Key topics to turn into flashcards
Dividend discount models
Card the Gordon growth model, its assumptions, and when a multistage DDM is needed instead.
Relative valuation multiples
Cover P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, and what drives each, plus the pitfalls of comparing multiples across firms.
Bond risk: duration and convexity
Card what duration estimates, why convexity corrects it, and how each responds to yield changes.
Portfolio theory and the efficient frontier
Test the role of correlation, the minimum-variance portfolio, and how the capital market line arises.
CAPM and the security market line
Card the CAPM expected-return equation, beta's meaning, and what it means to plot above or below the SML.
Risk-adjusted performance ratios
Distinguish Sharpe (total risk), Treynor (systematic risk), and Jensen's alpha, each with its formula and interpretation.
Study tips
- Tip 1
Chunk by topic
Split Investment Analysis into small decks—one per lecture, chapter, or concept—so reviews stay fast and focused.
- Tip 2
Answer before you flip
Say the answer out loud or jot a keyword before revealing the card. Active recall beats passive recognition every time.
- Tip 3
Schedule reviews
Let spaced repetition surface Investment Analysis cards right before you would forget them. Cramming alone rarely sticks.
- Tip 4
Use mistakes as data
Tag or star misses and revisit them first next session—your weak spots are where the most points hide.
Common mistakes to avoid
Applying a model outside its assumptions
The Gordon model fails for non-constant growth. Card each model's assumptions so you know when it breaks.
Confusing Sharpe and Treynor
They use different risk measures and answer different questions. Make a contrast card fixing which denominator each uses.
Treating beta and total risk as the same
Beta is only systematic risk. Drill the distinction so you use the right risk measure in each ratio.
Sample Investment Analysis flashcards
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What is the Sharpe ratio?
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(Portfolio return − risk-free rate) ÷ standard deviation: excess return per unit of total risk.
2
What is the Treynor ratio?
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Excess return divided by beta: return per unit of systematic risk.
3
What is Jensen's alpha?
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A portfolio's return minus the return CAPM predicts for its beta.
4
What does the security market line plot?
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Expected return against beta, as given by CAPM.
5
What does it mean if a stock plots above the security market line?
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It is undervalued: its expected return exceeds what CAPM requires for its beta.
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What is the efficient frontier?
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The set of portfolios with the highest expected return for each level of risk.
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How is the P/E ratio calculated?
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Share price divided by earnings per share.
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How does positive convexity affect bond prices?
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Prices rise more when yields fall than they drop when yields rise by the same amount.
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