Class Meeting Week and Days |
Topics
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Projects
and other Deadlines |
Week 1
Sept 14 |
Chap.
2: Firm Objectives (Slides)
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Week 2
Sept 21 |
Chap.
4: Understanding Financial Statements (Slides)
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Week 3
Sept 28 |
Chap.
5: Value and Price: An Introduction (Slides) |
Quiz
1 (on Chapters 2, 4) on Objective
Function of the Firm and Financial
Statement Analysis.
Assignment 1 due
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Week 4
October 5 |
Chapter
3; Chap. 6: Equity Risk and Expected Return (Slides;
Excel file on diversification
)
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Assignment
2 due
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Week 5
Oct 12 |
Chapter 6: Equity Risk and Expected Return (contd)
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Quiz 2 based on Present
Value (Chapters 3, 5)
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Week 6
Oct 19 |
Chapter 7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for
Firms (Using the CAPM; Slides)
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Week 7
Oct 26 |
Chapter 7: Estimating
Hurdle Rates for Firms (contd.) (Using the CAPM; Slides)
(Excel file on Beta Computation) |
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Week 8
November 9 |
Chapter
16: An Overview of Financing Choices (Nov. 11) |
Midterm
(Chapters 2 through 7); Assignment 2 due |
Week 9
Nov
16 |
Chapter
17: The section on Financing Choices and a Firm's Life Cycle |
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Week 10
Nov 23 |
Chapter 18: The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)
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Week 11
Nov 30 |
Chapter
18: The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)
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Week 12
December 7 |
Chapter
21: Dividend Policy
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Assignment
3 due; Quiz 3 (Chapters 16, 17 and 18) based on Capital
Structure. |
Week 13
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Take-home |
Final
exam details to be announced. |