This module will develop your understanding of the behaviour of financial agents and the workings of globalfinancialmarketswithin the framework of modern finance theory. Topics include the time value ofmoneyanddiscountedcashflowanalysis;theoriesoftheyieldcurve and bond valuation; risk-return trade-off and mean-variance portfolio theory; Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Efficient Market Hypothesis; alternative approaches to stock valuation and financial ratio analysis; influence of corporate dividend policy and capital structure on stock pricing.