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Class Meeting Week and Days |
Topics
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Projects
and other Deadlines |
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Meeting 1
Sept. 5/10 |
Chap.
2: Firm Objectives (Slides)
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UN
Global Compact: Third World Way, July 20, 2007, The Economist
(under Firm Objectives)
Making Sense of the Risks
Posed by Governance Issues, May 26, 2007, The Economist,
p. B3 (under Firm Objectives) |
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Meeting 2
Sept. 12/17 |
Chap.
4: Understanding Financial Statements (Slides)
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Meeting 3
Sept. 19/24 |
Chap.
5: Value and Price: An Introduction (Slides) |
Equity
Valuation
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Meeting 4
Sept. 26/Oct. 1 |
Chapter
3; Chap. 6: Equity Risk and Expected Return (Slides)
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How
Much to Invest Overseas? Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2007; Page
B2 (In the Risk and Return section) |
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Meeting 5
Oct. 3/8 |
Chapter
6: Equity Risk and Expected Return (Slides;
Excel file on diversification);Chapter
7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for Firms (Using the CAPM; Slides)
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The
Hedge Fund Clones: Wall Street Concocts Products With Fewer Barriers,
but Will Returns Match? Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2007; Page
B1
(In the Risk and Return section) |
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Meeting 6
Oct. 10/15 |
Chapter 7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for
Firms (Using the CAPM; Slides)
(Excel file on Beta Computation)
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Project
on Capital Governance due by email by midnight |
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Meeting 7
Oct. 17/22 |
Review
On 10/22, the Tanzanian Ambassador will speak about Microfinance
and FDI in Tanzania in Lecture Hall North (LHN) from 6:00 to 7:30.
Please come directly to LHN. After the talk, we will resume in our
usual classroom. |
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Meeting 8
Oct. 24/29 |
Midterm
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Exam
based on Chapters 2-7 |
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Meeting 9
Oct.
31/Nov. 5 |
Chapter
16: An Overview of Financing Choices
Chapter 17: The section on Financing Choices and a Firm's Life Cycle
(Slides)
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Latest
Trend in Big Buyouts: Blend of Public, Private Traits, Wall Street
Journal, May 22, 2007; Page C1
What's
so great about private equity? WSJ article, Nov. 27, 2006
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Meeting 10
Nov. 7/12 |
Chapter
18: The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)
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Venture
Loan Gives Software Firm Needed Funding with Fewer Strings, July
30, 2007, Wall Street Journal (Under Capital Structure)
The Cash-Back Mortgage, June
10, 2007, New York Times (Under Capital Structure)
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Meeting 11
Nov. 14/19 |
Chapter
18: The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)
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"Qantas
to Create Freight Company, Review Options," WSJ, May 25, 2007.
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Meeting 12
Nov. 28/26 |
Chapter
19: Cost of Capital Approach (Slides) |
Capital Structure
Assignment due by email before midnight |
Meeting
13
Dec. 5/Dec. 3 |
Chapter 21: Dividend Policy
(slides
on Dividend Theory; slides
on Dividend Practice) |
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Meeting 14
Dec. 12/10 |
Final Exam |
Exam (Chapters 16, 17, 18 and 21) based
on Capital
Structure and Dividend Policy. |
