The primary objectives of this course is to introduce the students to the concepts and analytical tools of modern finance. The course together with the teaching methods will provide the students with a broad overview of concepts and principles of financial decision making, with particular emphasis on time value of money, equity and bond valuation, risk and return, capital allocation line, asset pricing models (capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory), security market analysis, alpha, mispricing (money making opportunities!), option strategies and the relevant corporate decisions in maximizing the firm value. The course will emphasize intuition and insight, as well as rigorous analysis in order to foster students? interest and skills in applying financial theory to practical applications.