To introduce graduate students the basic concepts of investing, the tools and principles to be able to better understand trading in financial markets. It is also aimed that students will be equipped with the knowledge for portfolio selection, portfolio management and investment evaluation through theoretical methodologies.

The management of investment through asset pricing, portfolio construction and portfolio management from a theoretical point of view. It also explores the assumptions of investor rationality, investor irrationality and their impact on investment decisionmaking again from a theoretical point of view.