1Identify the many financial instruments used in investments.

2Describe how securities are traded.

3Calculate rates of return and price of each type of security.

4Understand the benefit of diversification of assets and the importance played by the market portfolio.

5Understand the key lessons from modern portfolio theory about how to build an investment portfolio and value securities.

6Analyze investment decisions and investment risk management through portfolio management, capital market equilibrium and asset pricing theories.