Week 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance 1.4. Assignment 1a Due date: January 30‚ 2011 Instruction: Please submit your assignment as an attachment to my Blackboard E-mail by midnight on the due date Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile
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Chapter One Basic Areas of Finance: 1. Corporate Finance = Business Finance 2. Investments a. Work with financial assets such as stocks and bonds. b. Value of financial assets‚ risk verses return and asset allocation. c. Job opportunities. 3. Financial Institutions a. Companies that specialize in financial matters. i. Banks – Credit unions‚ savings‚ and loans. ii. Insurance Companies iii. Brokerage Firms b. Job Opportunities. 4. International Finance a. An area of specialization within each of the
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The Objective in Corporate Finance “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does not matter how you get there” Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business Aswath Damodaran 2 First Principles Invest in projects that yield a return greater than the minimum acceptable hurdle rate. • The hurdle rate should be higher for riskier projects and reflect the financing mix used - owners’ funds (equity) or borrowed money (debt) • Returns on projects should be measured based on cash flows
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ADM 3350 M Winter 2010 CORPORATE FINANCE MIDTERM EXAMINATION – February 10th‚ 2010 Professor: Kaouthar LAJILI‚ PhD.‚ CGA Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes Part I 15 Part II 35 TOTAL 50 NAME: __________________________________________ STUDENT #: ________________________ PART I: Multiple Choice Questions (15 points) Please circle the correct answer 1. In an EPS-EBI graphical relationship‚ the slope of
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[pic] ADM 3350 M Winter 2010 CORPORATE FINANCE ANSWER KEY MIDTERM EXAMINATION – February 10th‚ 2010 Professor: Kaouthar LAJILI‚ PhD.‚ CGA Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes | | | | |INSTRUCTIONS | | |
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For the exclusive use of C. Portillo Cardenas‚ 2015 UV1201 Rev. Feb. 13‚ 2009 EMI GROUP PLC In this Internet age‚ the consumer is using music content more than ever before— whether that’s playlisting‚ podcasting‚ personalizing‚ sharing‚ downloading or just simply enjoying it. The digital revolution has caused a complete change to the culture‚ operations‚ and attitude of music companies everywhere. It hasn’t been easy‚ and we must certainly continue to fight piracy in all its forms. But there can
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WORLD ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE BELZE Loïc Financial Options Lecture 7 – Chapter 20 ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE – BELZE Loïc – Adapted from 2011 Berk & DeMarzo Pearson Education 7 - 20 - 1 www.em-lyon.com © EMLYON School EMLYON Business 2011 Chapter Outline • • • • • • 20.1 – Option Basics 20.2 – Option Payoffs at Expiration 20.3 – Put-Call Parity 20.4 – Factors Affecting Option Prices 20.5 – Exercising Options Early 20.6 – Options and Corporate Finance ADVANCED CORPORATE
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The Bible and Corporate Finance People rarely associate religion with the business world or the finance industry‚ nor do they think religion can guide the practice. From a logical standpoint religion and a firm’s operations do not correlate. From a societal view people see good religious peoples businesses fail while godless industries thrive. The question usually asked is how does the Bible apply to business world? The real question should be how could the Bible and God guide me in my profession
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Corporate Finance Revision List Topic | Study Program | The Realm of Corporate Finance and Efficient Market Hypothesis | * Overview of finance’s main functions & its importance to organisations. * Importance of value creation as the primary objective of managers * Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) | Financial Statement Analysis | * Overview of calculating & interpreting accounting & financial ratios from corporate financial statements & understanding their significance in corporate
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Joanne Jackson June 1‚ 2011 Corporate Finance 620 M 600-950 Ch. 12 Mini Case A. Do you think Adam Lee should develop a strategic plan for the company? Why? What are the central elements of such a plan? What is the role of finance in a strategic plan? Yes. The goal of companies is to create more wealth for the owners and for financial managers to make their company more valuable and without well designed strategic and tactical plans in place it is impossible to do. The central
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