Class Meeting Week and Days

Topics

Projects and other Deadlines

Week 1
Sept 9

Chap. 2: Firm Objectives (Slides)

Week 2
Sept 16

Chap. 4: Understanding Financial Statements (Slides)

Draft version of Team Assignment 1 due; provide group composition.

Week 3
Sept 23

Chap. 5: Value and Price: An Introduction (Slides)

Drop off final version of Group Assignment 1 in Digital dropbox or email me by midnight.

Week 4
Sept 30

Chapter 3; Chap. 6: Equity Risk and Expected Return (Slides; Excel file on diversification )

Short Quiz 1 (on Chapters 2, 4) based on Practice Questions on Objective Function of the Firm and Financial Statement Analysis.

Week 5
Oct 7

Chapter 6: Equity Risk and Expected Return (contd)   

Team Assignment 2: Due by beginning of class; Short Quiz 2 based on Present Value (Chapters 3, 5; quiz problems similar to end-of-chapter problems)

Week 6
Oct 14

Chapter 7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for Firms  (Using the CAPM; Slides)

Week 7
Oct 21

Chapter 7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for Firms (contd.) (Using the CAPM; Slides)

Short Quiz 3 based on Practice Questions on  CAPM (Chapters 6, 7)

Week 8
Oct 28

Chapter 7: Estimating Hurdle Rates for Firms (contd.) ; Excel file on Beta Computation)  

Week 9
Nov 4

Chapter 16: An Overview of Financing Choices (Nov. 11)

Midterm (Chapters 2 through 7)

Week 10
Nov 11

Chapter 17: The section on Financing Choices and a Firm's Life Cycle  

Team Assignment 3 due by beginning of class.

Week 11
Nov 18

Chapter 18:  The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)  

Week 12
Nov 25

Chapter 18:  The Financing Mix: Tradeoffs and Theory (slides)

Short Quiz 4 (Chapters 16 and 17) based on Practice Questions on Optimal Capital Structure.

Week 13
Dec 2

Chapter 21: Dividend Policy
Chapter 22: Analyzing Cash Returned to Stockholders  

Prepare for jeopardy
Team Assignment 4 due.

Dec 9

Final Exam (Chapters 16-22)

Check FAQs for final exam details