Online MS in Financial Management—Investment Analysis

At a Glance

Completion Time

8–16

Months

Credits Required

Tuition

$27,204–$28,956

Part-Time*

*Based on 2025–2026 Boston University tuition and fees. Merit scholarship may reduce cost.

Master the Tools of Smart Investment Decision-Making

The online MS in Financial Management, concentration in Investment Analysis is designed for professionals already working in, or seeking positions in, investment research, risk management, security selection, and portfolio management. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of investment strategies, asset valuation, and investment management, and will be prepared to excel at a variety of careers in finance involving analysis and valuation of financial assets as well as risk management.

Students will study the overall investment process as well as the key elements involved, such as asset allocation and security selection. They will obtain basic understanding of debt, equity, and derivatives securities such as options and futures contracts. Students will also learn about services provided by mutual funds and be able to construct portfolios with different risk levels.

The concentration in Investment Analysis provides an opportunity to learn sophisticated portfolio management approaches, including quantitative techniques for portfolio optimization and rebalancing. You will apply analytical methodologies within the overall investment process and utilize the critical elements, such as asset allocation and security selection, including specialized portfolios like ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) focused investments. Along with learning about services provided by mutual funds and developing the ability to construct portfolios with different risk levels, you will learn how to value a firm using constant growth or multistage dividend discount models, financial statements, and financial ratio analysis.

The MS in Financial Management, Concentration in Investment Analysis is also available on campus in Boston. Learn more.

Curriculum

A total of 32 units is required.

Students must complete the core courses and Investment Analysis concentration requirements.

Core Courses

(Four courses/16 units)

MET AD 504 Financial and Managerial Accounting

4 credits.

Introduction to the concepts, methods, and problems of financial and managerial accounting. Includes data accumulation, accounting principles, financial statement analysis, measurement and disclosure issues, cost analysis, budgeting and control, production costs, and standard costs.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Barskaya	Independent	M	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	CDS 364

Section A2, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
McGue	Independent	T	12:30:00 PM–03:15:00 PM	MET 101

Section O1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Oct 20th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
McGue	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET AD 522 Corporate Finance

4 credits.

Prerequisite: MET AD 504. Emphasizes issues of accounting, finance, and economics that are important in most management contexts. Stresses understanding of financial statements, corporate planning and control, cost and benefit evaluation, cash flow analysis, and capital budgeting.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Page	Independent	M	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	STH 325

Section A3, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Ge	Independent	W	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	HAR 314

Section A4, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Chee	Independent	R	12:30:00 PM–03:15:00 PM	CGS 123

Section O2, FALL 2025 Oct 28th to Dec 15th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Ge	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET AD 678 Financial Regulation and Ethics

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Financial Regulation and Ethics is a course designed to thoroughly review the important topics of financial regulations, policies, and ethics. The course will explore an overview of the financial systems, their history, problems, and issues for the purpose of understanding the enactment of regulations as a method to protect the financial systems and investors. Also, regulators and their authority will be identified, both domestically and internationally. Ethics, an extremely important aspect of finance will be discussed and explored. Ethics is a difficult topic to define and can be impacted by social norms. During the ethics portion of the course, students will study where ethics have failed and caused major issues for the financial marketplace and individual companies.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Shimer	Independent	M	02:30:00 PM–05:15:00 PM	KCB 107

Section A2, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Athaide	Independent	T	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	MET 101

Section O2, FALL 2025 Oct 28th to Dec 15th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Vodenska	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET AD 685 Quantitative Methods for Finance

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Finance is a highly competitive and dynamic industry that demands quantitative oriented professionals. This course will equip students with the empirical techniques which are used in the analysis of financial markets with a strong focus on financial applications using actual data. The goal of this course is to provide students with a number of econometric techniques which are used in the analysis of financial markets based on asset pricing and corporate finance models. In particular, the emphasis will be on classical linear regression models, time series analysis, and limited dependent variable models applied to the following topics: predictability of asset returns; event study analysis; econometric tests of the CAPM and multifactor models; volatility modelling, etc.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Julio	Independent	M	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	PSY B51

Section A2, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Page	Independent	T	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	EPC 207

Section A4, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Julio	Independent	W	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	STH 113

Section O1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Oct 20th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Julio	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

Concentration Requirements

(Four courses/16 units)

MET AD 713 Derivative Securities and Markets

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Undergraduate Prerequisites: METAD 630, METAD 731 - Prereq: METAD 630, METAD 731. Provides an overview of operation, mechanics, and structure of the derivative markets and covers in-depth quantitative valuation of derivative instruments, such as options, futures, and swaps. The course involves risk analysis including risk arbitrage, and risk management. Emphasizes the theory and practice of derivatives-based trading strategies including hedging opportunities for risk mitigation.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Holmes	Independent	W	02:30:00 PM–05:15:00 PM	STH 113

MET AD 717 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Undergraduate Prerequisites: METAD 731 - Prereq AD 630, AD731. This course develops a framework for understanding the various types of financial decision making faced by financial managers and provides students with analytical tools for evaluating portfolio construction and management problems in a systematic manner. Includes analysis and determination of securities values. Problems of investment policy are approached through studies of portfolio selection methods and the valuation of special classes of securities. It offers quantitative strategies for portfolio diversification and risk management.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Tomic	Independent	T	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	KCB 106

Section O1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Oct 20th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Tomic	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET AD 719 Fixed Income Analysis

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Prereq: METAD 630, METAD 731. This course covers the nature and analysis of fixed income securities and an in-depth examination of some of the particular features of some major classes of fixed income instruments, valuation, sensitivity to risks, and management of fixed income portfolios.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Chee	Independent	W	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	CDS 264

Section O2, FALL 2025 Oct 28th to Dec 15th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Chee	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

And one general elective chosen with an academic advisor:

MET AD 561 Financial Analytics

4 credits. Fall and Spring

This course presents financial algorithms used in applications of computer science in financial decision analysis, risk management, data mining and market analysis, and other modern business processes. The course covers theoretical background on probabilistic methods used for financial decision making and their application in number of fields such as financial modeling, venture capital decision making, operational risk measurement and investment science. Number of financial applications and algorithms are being presented for portfolio risk analysis, modeling real options, venture capital decision making, etc. The course concludes with algorithms for financial risk assessment and presents the security concepts and challenges of financial information systems.

MET AD 580 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investments

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Prerequisites: MET AD 717 or consent of instructor.- A comprehensive investments course introducing important aspects of investing, including environmental, social, and governance issues, and their role in corporate risk management, financial markets, and investments, presented from the viewpoint of market participants and corporate leadership. The course incorporates the mechanics of investing sustainably, with long-term planning on a micro and macro level. Topics will include an introduction and understanding of the ESG market, defining the environmental, social, and governance factors important for investment decision-making, and the importance of corporate engagement and stewardship. The course will also cover ESG analysis, valuation, and integration in portfolio management.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Nielsen	Independent	W	02:30:00 PM–05:15:00 PM	FLR 152

MET AD 599 Python and SQL for Business Analytics

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Prerequisites: AD100 - Python is a modern, high-level programming language. One of the most popular programming languages, its use has steadily increased across a large number of industries. This course introduces students to the Python environment and teaches a solid foundation in the basic syntax and structure. Structured Query Language (SQL) is the most common language globally for interacting with relational databases. Employers have indicated that knowledge of SQL is one of the most important skills for new graduates entering the workforce. Even with advances in database technologies and languages for handling heterogeneous data types, SQL remains the core skill for interacting with data. This course introduces both languages to equip students pursuing an analytics education with the skills necessary to succeed in the analytics and data visualization field. The outcome of this course will be a focused survey of Python and SQL topics designed to equip analytics professionals rather than a deep focus on technical programming topics.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Valath Bhuan Das	Independent	M	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	MET 101

Section A2, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Valath Bhuan Das	Independent	W	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	CAS 214

Section A3, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Yu	Independent	M	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	EPC 206

MET AD 616 Enterprise Risk Analytics

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Prerequisite: MET AD 571. - The course offers an overview of the key current and emerging enterprise risk analytical approaches used by corporations and governmental institutions and is focused on understanding and implementing the enterprise risk management framework on how to leverage the opportunities around a firm to increase firm value. The major risk categories of the enterprise risk management such as financial risk, strategic risk, and operational risk will be discussed and risk analytics approaches for each of these risks will be covered. Students will learn how to use interlinked data inputs, analytics models, business statistics, optimization techniques, simulation, and decision-support tools. An integrated enterprise risk analytics approach will be demonstrated with examples from different functional areas of the enterprise. Python, R, SQL, and Power BI software are used in this course.

Section A2, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Yu	Independent	T	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	PHO 203

Section A3, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Yu	Independent	R	12:30:00 PM–03:15:00 PM	FLR 121

Section O2, FALL 2025 Oct 28th to Dec 15th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Yu	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET AD 633 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

4 credits.

This course equips students with the skills and knowledge to drive social change through innovative entrepreneurial ventures. It explores the fundamental frameworks and theories of social innovation while teaching students how to identify and tackle social needs effectively. Participants will learn to create sustainable business models that are both economically viable and scalable, ensuring a long-term impact. The curriculum includes strategies for scaling social ventures, measuring their impact, and engaging with diverse stakeholders to promote collaborative change. Students will examine various funding options available to social entrepreneurs, such as impact investing and crowdfunding, and discover how to influence policy and advocate for supportive environments.

MET AD 654 Marketing Analytics

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Prereq: METAD 571. Become familiar with the foundations of modern marketing analytics and develop your ability to select, apply, and interpret readily available data on customer purchase behavior, new customer acquisition, current customer retention, and marketing mix optimization. This course explores approaches and techniques to support the managerial decision-making process and skills in using state-of-the-art statistical and analytics tools. Students will have an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of how transaction and descriptive data are used to construct customer segmentation schemas, build and calibrate predictive models, and quantify the incremental impact of specific marketing actions. Python, R, SQL, and Power BI software are used in this course.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Page	Independent	W	02:30:00 PM–05:15:00 PM	KCB 104

MET AD 688 Cloud Analytics for Business

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Prerequisites: AD571. - Explore web analytics, text mining, web mining, and practical application domains. The web analytics part of the course studies the metrics of websites, their content, user behavior, and reporting. The Google Analytics tool is used for the collection of website data and doing the analysis. The text mining module covers the analysis of text including content extraction, string matching, clustering, classification, and recommendation systems. The web mining module presents how web crawlers process and index the content of websites, how search works, and how results are ranked. Application areas mining the social web and game metrics will be extensively investigated. R, SQL, and Power BI software are used in this course.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Padalkar	Independent	M	02:30:00 PM–05:15:00 PM	EPC 208

Section O1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Oct 20th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Padalkar	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET AD 699 Data Mining for Business Analytics

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Prerequisites: AD571 Enterprises, organizations, and individuals are creating, collecting, and using a massive amount of structured and unstructured data with the goal of converting the information into knowledge, improving the quality and the efficiency of their decision-making process, and better positioning themselves in the highly competitive marketplace. Data mining is the process of finding, extracting, visualizing, and reporting useful information and insights from both small and large datasets with the help of sophisticated data analysis methods. It is part of business analytics, which refers to the process of leveraging different forms of analytical techniques to achieve desired business outcomes through requiring business relevancy, actionable insight, performance management, and value management. The students in this course will study the fundamental principles and techniques of data mining. They will learn how to apply advanced models and software applications for data mining. Finally, students will learn how to examine the overall business process of an organization or a project with the goal of understanding (i) the business context where hidden internal and external value is to be identified and captured, and (ii) exactly what the selected data mining method does. Python, R, SQL, and Power BI software are used in this course.

Section A2, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Athaide	Independent	R	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	PSY B55

Section O2, FALL 2025 Oct 28th to Dec 15th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Athaide	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET AD 709 Case Studies in Current Corporate Financial Topics

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Undergraduate Prerequisites: METAD 630, METAD 731 - Prereq: METAD 630, METAD 731. This course involves utilizing analytical methods for financial forecasting, cost of capital calculation, rate of return analysis, use of derivatives instruments, business growth management, discounted cash flow analysis, corporate valuation, mergers & acquisitions, and evaluation of bankruptcy proceedings.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Archbold	Independent	M	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	KCB 106

MET AD 763 Multinational Finance and Trade

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Graduate Prerequisites: (METAD 731) - Prereqs: AD 630, AD 731. Applies the concepts of corporate finance and risk mitigation to the problems of multinational financial management. Major topics include foreign exchange risk, and construction of hedging strategies using derivative instruments such as forwards, futures, and swaps to reduce multinational corporate risk. Addresses international financial flows and their impact on foreign exchange rates, capital flows, speculation, analysis of alternative foreign investments, analysis of sources and uses of corporate funds abroad, multinational tax and profit.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Sherman	Independent	W	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	COM 217

MET CS 521 Information Structures with Python

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Creativity/Innovation
Critical Thinking
Quantitative Reasoning II

This course covers the concepts of the object-oriented approach to software design and development using Python. It includes a detailed discussion of programming concepts starting with the fundamentals of data types, control structures methods, classes, arrays and strings, and proceeding to advanced topics such as inheritance and polymorphism, creating user interfaces, exceptions and streams. Upon completion of this course students will be able to apply software engineering principles to design and implement Python applications that can be used in with analytics and big data. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Quantitative Reasoning II, Creativity/Innovation, Critical Thinking. Prerequisite: Programming experience in any language. Or Instructor's consent.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Lu	Independent	M	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	KCB 102

Section A2, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Mohan	Independent	T	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	PHO 202

Section O1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Oct 20th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Pinsky	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

Section O2, FALL 2025 Oct 28th to Dec 15th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Bond	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET CS 664 Artificial Intelligence

4 credits.

Graduate Prerequisites: MET CS 248 and MET CS 341 or MET CS 342. - Study of the ideas and techniques that enable computers to behave intelligently. Search, constraint propagations, and reasoning. Knowledge representation, natural language, learning, question answering, inference, visual perception, and/or problem solving. Laboratory course. Prereq: MET CS 341, MET CS 342, MET CS 520 or MET CS 521. Or instructor's consent.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Kalathur	Independent	W	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	CAS 315

Section O1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Oct 20th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Braude	Independent	ARR	12:00:00 AM–12:00:00 AM

MET UA 617 Actionable Sustainability

4 credits. Fall and Spring

Sustainability generally refers to the ability of "systems" to be maintained such that they remain viable over long periods of time. As much as achieving the perfect sustainable equilibrium may be the ideal, it is important to recognize that there will be competing and conflicting interests, especially within complex hierarchical social, economic and ecological systems, particularly in light of ongoing climatic change. This field intensive course draws on the practices and theories of sustainability and climate change to understand what sustainability can mean in different contexts, and, more important, how nuanced, sustainable solutions can be achieved under varying conditions and in different systems. With an emphasis on the urban environment, the course will consist of projects in which students will identify, analyze, and develop practical proposals to real world issues. This course is intended for a wider audience from a range of disciplines.

Section A1, FALL 2025 Sep 2nd to Dec 10th
Instructor	Type	Days	Times	Location
Bolduc	Independent	R	06:00:00 PM–08:45:00 PM	CDS 263

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A BU credential can help lay the foundation for career advancement and personal success.
Benefit from a 24:1 student-to-instructor ratio.
Work closely with highly qualified faculty who draw from active research and substantial professional achievements in areas such as international finance, financial analysis, portfolio management, systemic risk analysis, investment analysis, mergers and acquisitions, economics, financial markets and institutions, and more.
Focus on practical, hands-on lessons that ensure you are immersed in all aspects of financial management and related research—education you can apply on the job.
Expand upon classic theory taught in traditional MBA courses, gaining the insights, critical thinking, and analytical skills needed to solve problems in today’s changing financial landscape.
As part of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute University Affiliation Program, MET’s MS in Financial Management curriculum embeds a significant portion of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and covers the Standards of Practice Handbook, offering excellent preparation for the internationally recognized CFA® Program exams. In addition, scholarships for the CFA Program exam are available to enrolled students.
Learn from the best—since 2014, BU MET’s part-time master’s programs in business and management have been ranked among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

All graduate students are automatically considered for merit scholarships during the application process and nominated based on eligibility. Learn more.

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U.S. News & World Report - Best Online Programs - Grad Business 2025

#10 Best Online Master’s in Business Programs (Excluding MBA)

MET’s online master’s degrees in management are ranked #10 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for 2025.

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The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (through BU’s Questrom School of Business)

MET’s Master’s in Financial Management is part of the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program.

Graduate with Financial Management Expertise

Students who complete the Financial Management Master’s degree concentration in Investment Analysis will be able to demonstrate:

Proficiency in constructing and managing investment portfolios with different risk levels, and quantitatively assessing and adjusting portfolio risk-return profiles.
The ability to apply mathematical and statistical modeling in financial analytics in the context of equity and fixed income portfolios.
Mastery in forecasting techniques to the analysis of macroeconomic factors and monetary and fiscal policy effects on security selection and portfolio evaluation.
Comprehension and quantitative evaluation of derivative instruments to assess their role in portfolio risk adjustment and risk hedging to reduce portfolio volatility.
Knowledge and ability to perform data organization, analysis, and visualization for domestic and global portfolio management.

“The financial management program exceeded my expectations because the courses introduced the finance realm in a practical and comprehensive manner rather than focusing solely on formulas and theories…My master’s degree not only qualified me for more job opportunities, but also broadened my career options. Read more.” Read more.

Dezhen Liu (MET’23)
Vice President of Business Intelligence, Rockland Federal Credit Union
Actuarial Analyst, Aetna
MS, Financial Management

Advance Your Career

BU MET’s Financial Management master’s prepares you for a wealth of different roles, such as financial analyst, investment analyst, finance manager, financial advisor, equity research analyst, financial planner, wealth analyst, equity/credit research analyst, and mergers and acquisitions analyst, among others.

Recent graduates have found job opportunities and career paths at companies such as:

JP Morgan
HSBC
Goldman Sachs
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Pratt & Whitney
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

AllClear Aerospace & Defense
PwC
Delaware North
Copa Airlines
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You will find the support you need in reaching your career goals through MET’s Career Development office, which offers a variety of job-hunting resources, including one-on-one career counseling by appointment for online students. You can also take advantage of tools and resources available online through BU’s Center for Career Development.

Financial Management Faculty

Irena Vodenska

Professor of Finance

Director, Finance Programs

Chair, Administrative Sciences

Christopher Athaide

Assistant Professor, Administrative Sciences

San Chee

Senior Lecturer, Administrative Sciences

Lin Ge

Associate Professor of the Practice, Administrative Sciences

Ivan F. Julio

Assistant Professor, Administrative Sciences

William McGue

Master Lecturer, Administrative Sciences

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Master the Tools of Smart Investment Decision-Making