FINANCE 100 Section 001-002
A. Craig MacKinlay Fall 2019
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Final exams can be picked up at my office.
Pick up times:
(1) Wednesday January 22 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
(2) Thursday January 23 from 1 pm to 2 pm
Exam solution is posted in the sample exams folder
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Fall 2019 book:
Corporate Finance (12th edition)
by Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe, and Jordan,
McGraw-Hill Education, 2019..
[A paperback version of the course text (with selected chapters) will be available
in the university bookstore at a discounted price.]
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Important Dates for Fall 2019:
Midterm Exam I: Thursday, September 26 - in class
Midterm Exam II: Thursday, October 31 - in class
Final Exam: Monday, December 16 - 6 pm to 8 pm
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Readings:
McKinsey Article on IRR (optional reading)
Statistics Review (For risk-return analysis)
Sample Exams (password required)
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Below are suggested problems from the course text (RWJJ 12th edition).
However, one need not limit themselves to these problems -- most
of the end-of-chapter problems in the "Questions and Problems" section are appropriate.
Chapter 4 - Discounted Cash FLow Valuation - 1, 2, 3, 9,
15, 21, 26, 32, 33, 54.
Chapter 8 - Interest Rates and Bond Valuation - 3, 6, 8,
19, 20, 23, 31.
Chapter 9 - Stock Valuation - 2, 5, 14, 17, 21, 25, 26.
Chapter 5 - NPV and Alternative Rules- 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 26, 28, 30.
Chapter 6 - Making Capital Investment Decisions- 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 23, 26, 30.
Chapter 10 - Lessons from Market History - 4, 5, 7, 9, 15, 20, 22, 28.
Chapter 11 - Risk, Return, and the CAPM - 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 26, 27, 29, 32.
Chapter 13 - Risk, Cost of Capital, and Valuation - 1, 3, 5, 19, and 20.
Chapter 14 - Efficient Capital Markets - concept questions - 5, 9, 10, 11 - problems - 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Chapter 16 - Capital Structure - 1, 8, 10, 14, 20, and 21.
Chapter 17 - Capital Structure - Use of Debt - concept questions - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - problems - 1, 3, 8, and 10.
Chapter 18 - Valuation and Capital Budgeting - 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10.
Chapter 19 - Dividends and Other Payouts - 5, 6, 10, 11, and 17.
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