Edhec/Toulon: Managerial Finance
Course Outline and TimeTable - Spring 2011

Class Meeting Days

Topics

Projects and other Deadlines
Problem Assignments as given on Assignments Page -- not to be handed in
MFL refers to MyFinanceLab Assignment

Class 1
January 20

Financial Markets and Institutions (Slides)

Text for Financial Markets and Institutions available on Blackboard. Look at the assignment for that chapter; the assignment is due at the beginning of class on January 27

Class 2
January 27

The Corporation (Chap 1) /Corporate Governance (Chap 29)
(Slides)

Text for Corporate Governance available on Blackboard.
Discussion Board: The Chinese Financial System (Financial Innovation)

Class 3
February 3

Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis (Chap 2)(Slides)

MFL Due (Chap1)

Class 4
February 10

Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making  (Chap 3) (Slides)
The Time Value of Money (Chap 4) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 2)

Class 5
February 17

Interest Rates (Chap 5) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 3)
MFL Due (Chap 4)

Class 6
February 22

Midterm

Class 7
February 24

Valuing Bonds (Chap 8) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 5)

Class 8
March 3

Investment Decision Rules (Chap 6) (Slides)
Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting (Chap 7) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 8)
Blackboard Discussion: The Coming College Education Bubble (Investments)

Class 9
March 10

Valuing Stocks (Chap 9) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 6)
MFL Due (Chap 7)

Class 10
March 24

Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk (Chap 10) (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 9)
Beta Assignment due

Class 11
March 31

Chap 14: Capital Structure in a Perfect Market (Slides)Chap 15: Debt and Taxes and Chap 16: Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information (Slides)

MFL Due (Chap 10)

Final Exam