Dr. P.V. Viswanath

pviswanath@pace.edu

Class Notes and Spreadsheets

FIN 301 Notes: Introduction to Financial Management
Primary Materials

• Comments from Class
• Important Terms and Concepts
• Chap. 1: The Firm and the Financial Manager (Slides)
  (See also The Objective Function in Corporate Finance)
• Chap. 2: The Financial Environment (Slides)
• Chap. 3: Accounting and Finance (Slides)
• Chapter 17: Financial Statement Analysis (Slides)
• Chapter 4: The Time Value of Money (Slides)
• Chapter 5: Valuing Bonds (slides)
• Chapter 6: Valuing Stocks (slides) (Also check out these advanced slides on Stock Valuation)
• Chapter 7: Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria (slides)
• Chapter 8: Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis to Make Investment Decisions
• Chapter 10: Introduction to Risk, Return, and the Opportunity Cost of Capital (My notes on "Determination of the Discount Rate for Risky Assets" plus a primer on probability)
• Chapter 11: Risk, Return, and Capital Budgeting
• Chapter 12: The Cost of Capital
• Chapter 13: An Overview of Corporate Financing; Chapter 14: How Corporations Issue Securities
• Chapter 15: Debt Policy
• Chapter 16: Dividend Policy

FIN 301 Notes: Introduction to Financial Management
Supplementary Materials

• Common Misconceptions in Finance
• The Role of Science in the Study of Finance
  Additional Material Related to Chap. 3 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance
• A primer on Probability
• A note on Regression Analysis
• Vassar Stats: Website for Statistical Computation
  Great site for learning more about Statistics, and how to do it!
• Techniques for Constructing Efficient Portfolios
  Contains material useful for Chapter 5 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• The Capital Asset Pricing Model
  Additional material related to Chap. 5 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• Alternative Investment Rules
  Additional Material related to Chapter 7 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• Efficient Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
• Perspectives on Diversification
  Additional Material corresponding to Chapter 5, 17 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• Innovations in Corporate Finance
• Material related to Chapter 17 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• Equity Valuation
  Corresponds to Chapter 23 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance; useful for Chapter 18 as well.
• Options
  Material Related to Chapter 27 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• Campbell Harvey's Notes on Option Valuation
  Additional Material Related to Chapter 27 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• Campbell Harvey's Notes on Option Arbitrage Relations
  Additional Material Related to Chapter 27 of Damodaran's Corporate Finance.
• Asset Based Financing: The case of Leasing

FIN 301 Spreadsheets

• Excel file demonstrating how to construct and analyse a portfolio with two assets

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