SolBridge Mission & Course Objectives At the end of the course the student will be able to:  Understand financial theory and empirical evidence that are useful for financial decisions.  Understand concepts related to portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory; all of which will become an integrated part of the decision-making in investments.  Examine empirical evidence in the equity and equity options markets, fixed-income and credit sensitive instruments as well.  Utilize analytical tools that will act as an integrated framework to evaluate investment decisions.  Understand trading strategies being used by leading investment firms.