...PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE 1303 FALL SEMESTER 2014 16-WEEK SEMESTER 1. Instructor Information: Professor: Jake Costin Office: Rio Grande Campus Phone: 512.461.4151 E-mail: jcostin@austincc.edu Office Hrs: 8:40 to 9:40 (after class or by appointment) 2. Course Description: BUSG 1303 PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE (3-3-0). Personal and business financial dynamics including monetary and credit theory, cash inventory, capital management, and consumer and government finance with emphasis on the time value of money. Skills: R ( ) Course Type: W 3. Required Textbooks/Materials: “Principles of Managerial Finance” Brief 6th Edition by Lawrence J. Gitman 4. Instructional Methodology: Instruction will be based on lectures and the required reading from the required text. All tests will be given in the classroom during class times. 5. Course Rationale: The course will provide an overview of managerial finance with focus on important concepts such as: the time value of money, risk and return, interest rates, and stock and bond valuations. Additionally, consideration will be given to both long and short term investment and financial decisions. 6. Course Objectives: Understand the following: a. Financial Statement Analysis b. Cash Flow and Financial Planning c. Time Value of Money d. Risk and Return e. Interest Rates, Stock and Bond Valuations f. Capital Budgeting g. Cost of Capital ...
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...Principles of Finance FIN 3403 Sections 1-9 Spring 2013 Instructor Information: Scott Besley Office Hours: MW 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Office: BSN 3134 Voice: 974-6341 E-mail: sbesley@usf.edu Course web page: http://sbesley.myweb.usf.edu/FIN3403/home.html Course Description: This is an introductory course in managerial finance in which you should attain a clear, basic understanding of the essentials of financial decision making. Emphasis is given to the underlying principles of corporate finance and their effects on the decision-making framework faced by financial managers who are charged with maximizing shareholders’ wealth. In essence the course covers topics related to financing and investment decisions—that is, how to raise funds and where to invest funds. The focus of the course is to provide an understanding of the basic tools and techniques required to make informed decisions about which assets a firm should purchase and how such purchases should be financed. When you finish this course, you should understand (1) the general framework for financial decision making, (2) the role of financial decision making in maximizing the value of a firm, (3) in general, how to determine the value of an asset and whether it should be purchased, (4) what is meant by the risk/return tradeoff and how risk and return affect investment decisions, and (5) how external factors, such as financial markets, affect financial decisions made by the firm. You will find that much of the information...
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...LISTENING REACTION PAPER [pic] Speech 100 – all sections. Assignment Instructions: The Listening Exercise takes place in class. You must be in class doing the exercise to be able to write this short paper. Type a double-spaced, two page paper (see ”Format” in the class syllabus for instructions on margins, etc.) Type full pages – don’t skimp! It’s worth points to fill the page. NUMBER your answers and answer the following: 1. As you listened to a classmate in a “duo” or a “trio” in class, were you “empathically” listening? Explain. 2. Discuss your personal “barriers” to listening (p. 29-31 in the workbook “Communicate.”) How well did you listen? Discuss difficulties you may have experienced during the exercise. 3. Consider page 31 in the workbook – what steps did you take while listening to another person? 4. Do page 37-38 in the Communicate workbook, “Analysis of my listening effectiveness” – and tell me what your results were. What did your results tell you? 5. Finally, when it was YOUR turn to talk and have another person listen to you: (a) Discuss how it felt to have someone listen to you – really listen, without judging, without offering advice, or without trying to ”fix” it. (b) How could you tell they were listening to you? 6. What did you think of this exercise? ** This paper is worth 20 points – points are awarded on the QUALITY and also the required length of the paper, as well as...
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...websites and tools that can assist you in completing assignments, connecting to other students, and searching for careers. Instructions Complete the following Scavenger Hunt Matrix regarding student resources provided by the university. In the first column, list the steps used to locate each resource. In the second column, explain how each resource might contribute to your success. Scavenger Hunt Matrix |Student resource |List the specific steps you used to locate |Explain how you can use each resource to support your | | |each resource. |academic, career, or personal success. | |Course syllabus |The course syllabus is located in the |The class syllabus is useful because it is a listing of| | |classroom. 1st location is on class home |all of the required study materials, tasks to complete,| | |and from the current class list on your |and exercises. It lists your assignments and their due | | |ecampus home page |dates. You can check off completed items. | |Academic policies |These are found on the class home page on |The academic policy has a wide range of very important | | |the right hand side of the screen above the|information. It...
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...Syllabus Certified General Accountants Association of Canada 100 – 4200 North Fraser Way Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5J 5K7 www.cga-canada.org © CGA-Canada, 2013 All rights reserved. These materials or parts thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner without the prior written permission of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. Printed in Canada ISBN for an individual volume: 978-1-55219-599-4 About CGA-CANADA _________________________________________ CGA-Canada today The CGA designation focuses on integrity, ethics, and the highest education requirements. Recognized as the country’s accounting business leaders, CGAs provide strategic counsel, financial leadership, and overall direction to all sectors of the Canadian economy. The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada — CGA-Canada — sets standards, develops education programs, publishes professional materials, advocates on public policy issues, and represents CGAs nationally and internationally. The Association represents 75,000 CGAs and students in Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, and China. Mission CGA-Canada advances the interests of its members and the public through national and international representation and the establishment of professional standards, practices, and services. A proud history CGA-Canada was founded in Montréal in 1908 under the leadership of John Leslie, vicepresident of the Canadian Pacific Railway. From the beginning, its objective...
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...Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility is taking your life into your own hands and not leaving matters to chance or employing others to make decisions for you. Each person must have the skill set needed to be in control of their finances, their education and their health and not blame others for their success or their failures. It is as simple as paying our debts, using the syllabus to schedule time for assignments or just being honest about what we put into our bodies. Without maintaining self-control, how can a person expect to be prepared for any obstacle that should arise? A person must be able to apply their own ideas and make valid use of their time and resources. When the topic of finances is brought up, collar tugging and brow sweat are common reactions. Practicing personal responsibility will take the intimidation out of finances. Budgets are an effective way to keep track of the money coming in and going out. Having a detailed account of monthly transactions allows a person to allocate funds for living expenses, bills and savings. Practicing responsible borrowing can insure that you do not become upside down on debt to a creditor. Planning for the future by saving is a great idea, but investments play a bigger role. For instance, putting money into a 401K or IRA can help a person prepare a secure financial future making retirement more financially feasible. Also, one of the biggest investments we make in life is the purchase of a home. I saved every penny...
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...Finance 653 Section 1, TH 1800-2040 SS 2512 Case Studies in Financial Management Sched. 14711 Fall 2003 Instructor: Dr. Hugh Hunter E-mail: hughh3@sbcglobal.net; hhunter@mail.sdsu.edu Office: SSE 3405 Office hours: T 1250-1400, 1700-1830 Note: Hours Phone: 594-6887 TH 1250-1400, 1700-1745 may change Prerequisite: BA 665. FIN 617 or some other 2nd course in corporate finance, such as FIN 325, would help. You should have available a good finance text for reference. The best is Brealey-Myers, Principles of Corporate Finance, any addition. Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe, Corporate Finance is also very good. . Web Site: This site contains information pertaining to this course including announcements of assignment or schedule changes case tips, supplemental information and final exam questions. About this class: For an introduction to the case method, see the last page of this syllabus and Note To the Student: How To Study and Discuss Cases in the Bruner book, pp. xxv-xxx. Each case deals with specific finance topics. Case topics are listed along with study questions at the end of the syllabus. We will review these topics sometime before the case presentation. However, if you feel a need to review certain of these topics apart from class assignments, refer to the appropriate chapters in a corporate finance text. Most of our class time will be devoted to discussion of cases and finance topics related to the cases. It is your...
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...Credit Management |Program |: |MBA |Class of |: |2007 | |Semester |: |IV |Sessions |: |33 | |Course Code |: |BKG 607 |Credit |: |3 Units | Objective The objective of this course is to provide the students with adequate knowledge about the management of Credit portfolio in banks. It will provide sufficient inputs to enable the student to develop an insight regarding the different phases of Credit management. |Reference Books |Author / Publication | |Credit Management |ICFAI | |Practical Banking Advances |H.L.Bedi and V.K. Hardikar/ UBS Publishers | |The Bank Credit Analysis |Jonathan Golin/John Wiley & Sons | |Frontiers in Credit Risk |Gordian Gaeta/ John Wiley & Sons | |Money, Credit and Capital |James Tobin/McGraw | |Credit Risk |Michael...
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...a 304 Lehman College City University of New York Department of Health Sciences HAS 304: Health Care Finance Institutions Fall, 2014 Instructor: Chul-Young Roh, Ph.D., MPA Office: 422C Gillet Hall E-mail: chulyoung.roh@lehman.cuny.edu Phone: 718-960-8679 Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday at 10am-noon Required Text: Required Text: Gapenski, Louis (2012), Fundamental of Healthcare Finance, 2nd ed., Chicago, IL, AUPHA, ISBN- 978-1-56793-475-5 Course Goal This course focuses on financial and managerial accounting, basic financial management concepts, long-term financing, capital investment decisions, and related topics. Course Purpose Today’s health care environment requires managers who are trained to identify finance problems and who have the skills to solve these problems. The purpose of this course is to teach students the fundamental concepts of healthcare finance, with an emphasis on provider organizations, in such a way that they are better prepared for managerial positions in public health organizations. Competencies and Learning Objectives 1. Apply principles of accounting and financial management in public health and health services organizations 2. Demonstrate written and oral skills for communicating health policy and management issues...
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...QUESTIONS DR. KISS Please allow these questions to serve as a guide when you prepare your case write-up in accordance with the syllabus or other instructions. Table of Contents Page Case: Name and Number, Bruner 5e Note Number I. C12- Best Practices—WACC No Questions II. C2- Bill Miller & Value Trust 2 III. C5- Financial Detective, 2005 Contained in Case IV. C7- Body Shop Intl* Contained in Case, but see page 3 V. C6- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. 4 VI. C17- The Investment Detective* Contained in Case VII. C28- Intro. to Debt Policy & Value* No Questions, but review M & M Theory on debt and value of the firm. VIII. HBS Case- “Leveraged Betas and the Cost of Equity No Questions IX. C16- The Boeing 7E 7* 5 X. C26- Jet Blue Airways, IPO Valuation* 6 XI.a C35- Merton Electronics 7 XI.b C36- Carefour S. A.* 8 XI.c C44- Palamon Capital Partners* 9 XII. GM Dividend Policy Negotiation (Information to be provided by Dr. Kiss) * Note: Excel Spreadsheets containing some of the exhibits from the case are available for this case at www.mhhe.com/bruner5e FIN 620, CASE QUESTIONS DR. KISS Please allow these questions to serve as a guide when you prepare your case write-up in accordance with the syllabus or other instructions Case 2- Bill Miller & Value Trust Suggested Questions for Your Preparation of the Case. 1. How well...
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...Module Title |Fundamentals of Securities and Futures Regulation | | |Module Code |BAF2407 | |Module Year |2010-2011 | |Module Value |3 | |Module Hours |Lecture | |30 | | | |Tutorial |15 | | | |TOTAL | |45 | | | | | | | | |Pre-requisites |Nil | |Co-requisites |Nil | |Module Aims |To provide students with an understanding of the rules and regulations in regulated | | |activities in Hong Kong. | |Exemption Criteria ...
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...Name: Wall Street Journal: Assignment #2 This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment. Submit your answers in hardcopy at the beginning of class. Check the syllabus for the due date. Handwritten answers are NOT acceptable. Use Word to write your answers. Chapter 4: Investing Please choose a publicly traded company that you find interesting or would like to invest in, and find their ticker symbol on http://www.msn.com/en-us/money or www.finance.yahoo.com. Two factors have been shown significant in determining the long-run performance of stocks: * The size of the company, known as “market capitalization” (often shortened to “market cap”) * The price of the stock, relative to its book value (price to book) 1. Go to http://www.morningstar.com/ and enter the ticker for your chosen stock in the “Quote” box at the top. Record the following information: Company Name | | Ticker | | Stock price | | Market cap | | Forward P/E | | P/B (price to book) | | 2. Scroll down to the section labeled Company Profile and record the following information: Sector | | Industry | | Stock Type | | Stock Style | | 3. In your own words (i.e. do NOT cut and paste), describe what the company does. 4. Refer to p. 86-87 of the Wall Street Journal Complete Personal Finance Guidebook. a. How are growth stocks defined? b. What values are their P/E ratios expected to have? c. How are value stocks defined? ...
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...Institute of Economic Affairs Essay Competition Entry “Because of market failure and to prevent inequality, the government should finance and provide all healthcare.” Given this common view, whilst making some reference to methods of providing and financing healthcare in other European countries, discuss whether government finance and provision of healthcare is likely to maximise welfare? Healthcare is categorised as a merit good as consuming it provides benefits to society and to the individual consumer. For instance, immunisation against a contagious disease gives us protection and results in a private benefit as well as an external one, to those who are protected from catching the disease from those who are inoculated. However, few would want inoculation only to protect others. Therefore, the demand for healthcare will be less than the socially efficient quantity. Having great advances in new technologies, treatments and drugs improves our health service’s ability to supply, as well as encouraging demand to such an extent that demand substantially exceeds supply. Unfortunately, this creates long waiting lists and therefore a scarcity of beds available for treatment. If we privatised the NHS, it would allow prices to increase to show how much it really costs to supply. But obviously, this would be very controversial and cause immigration rates to drop. This could be seen as a bad thing for some, due to the fact that many are very productive and willing to work for...
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...University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Department of Finance FIN 70500 – Multinational Financial Management Module 1, Fall, 2006 |Instructor: |Jerry G. Langley |Phone: |Office - (574) 631-6078 | | Office: |262 MCOB | |Home - (574) 234-1191 (before10PM) | |E-mail: |Jerry.Langley.3@nd.edu | | | | Office hours: I’m in my office most of the week, so stop by or call and set up a time to see me. | COURSE OBJECTIVES This course covers various aspects of the international side of finance, including organizational issues that impact the financial decision-making process. After an overview of the international financial environment companies operate in, we will learn how they organize themselves to do business internationally, the impact of volatile exchange rates and how they can be measured and managed to minimize effects on economic and reported results. In addition to looking at the theoretical underpinnings of international finance, we will also cover the practical side of financing decisions – how corporations actually use these tools to manage the potential impacts on their business that come from operating around the world. We’ll also...
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...3 3 4 2 2 3 Overtrading 2 Cash management 3 1 2 Receivables management 3 4 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 Inventory management (EOQ) 4 3 3 4 2 NPV with inflation and/or tax 4 2 4 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 Return on capital employed 4 2 1 Payback period 2 Lease or buy 1 Capital rationing 1 1 Replacement 1 3 1 Internal rate of return 4 2 4 2 1 Risk and uncertainty 2 1 1 1 Sources of finance 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 Rights issue 3 2 1 4 3 4 Dividend policy 3 4 3 Theories of gearing 1 1 2 Weighted average cost of capital 1 1 3 1 2 2 4 2 3 4 3 2 Capital asset pricing model 1 3 2 4 1 4 2 Share / business valuation 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 4 4 4 Market efficiency 1 2 2 Forecasting exchange rates 2 4 3 Foreign exchange risk management 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 Interest rate risk 2 3 Financial ratios 1 3 2 4 2 4 Please do read the following notes carefully: 1 The purpose of this table is to help you find which questions to practice for specific topics. Do not use this table to try and predict what will be in the next exam - the examiner does deliberately repeat topics! The numbers in the columns are the question number in the exam. Many questions cover more than one area of the syllabus - that is why the same question number sometimes appears more than once, 2 For latest course notes, free audio & video lectures, support and forums please visit...
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