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Class Meeting Week and Days |
Topics
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Projects
and other Deadlines |
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Week 1
Jan. 27 |
Chap.
2: Firm Objectives (Slides)
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Week 2
Feb. 3 |
Chap.
4: Understanding Financial Statements (Slides)
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Read
the article, "Fairvest Recommends Creo Holders Support Dissidents'
Slate Of Directors" from Media
Articles page. Come to class prepared for a discussion
of the article. |
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Week 3
Feb. 10 |
Chap.
5: Value and Price: An Introduction (Slides) |
Quiz
1 (on Chapters 2, 4) on Objective
Function of the Firm and Financial
Statement Analysis.
Read article, "Restaurants Serve Up Restatements" from
Media Articles Page. Come
prepared to discuss the article.
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Week 4
Feb. 17 |
Chapter
3
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Assignment
1 due |
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Week 5
Feb. 24 |
Chap.
6: Equity Risk and Expected Return (Slides;
Excel file on diversification
)
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Assignment
2 due
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Week 6
March 3 |
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 7
March 10 |
Chapter
7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for Firms (Using the CAPM; Slides)
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Week 8
March 17 |
Chapter
7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for Firms (contd.) (Using the CAPM; Slides)
(Excel file on Beta Computation) |
Midterm
(Chapters 2 through 7); Assignment 3 due |
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Week 9
March 31 |
Chapter
16: An Overview of Financing Choices (Nov. 11) |
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Week 10
April 7 |
Chapter
17: The section on Financing Choices and a Firm's Life Cycle
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Week 11
April 14 |
Chapter
18: The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)
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Week 12
April 21 |
Chapter
18: The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)
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Assignment
4 due; Quiz 3 (Chapters 16, 17 and 18) based on Capital
Structure. |
Week 13
April 28
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Chapter 21: Dividend Policy
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May 6
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Final
Exam |
Final
exam details to be announced. |
