Financial markets and their role in economic activity. Types of financial markets, market indexes, financial securities and crypto assets, and types of orders. Risk and expected return, modern portfolio theory, and asset pricing theories and their implications. Efficient market hypothesis and an introduction to behavioral finance. Macroeconomic environment and industry analysis. Basic valuation of equity securities. Bonds yields, prices, and risk measures. Basics of options strategies and valuation. Note: Not to be taken for credits with FIN 523