The Primary objective is 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. Through solving the problems it is aimed to develop and increase the skills of the student in the field of investment and portfolio construction.

Topics covered are: investment environment, market players, securities markets, portfolio risk and return, efficient diversification, CAPM and APT, Efficient market hypothesis and Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis.