Foundations of Finance: Overview Prof. Alex Shapiro Lecture Notes 1: Overview This lecture introduces much of the terminology we will use in the course‚ and we will describe it in more detail later. For now‚ to set the stage‚ we will review it very briefly in class‚ but make sure to get the supplemental details from the textbook. I. Readings II. Asset Classes III. Characteristics of an Asset IV. The Financial System V. Financial Markets VI. Financial Intermediaries VII
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retirement account. She made her first such saving deposit into this fund on her 35th birthday. Dominique has also retired and wants to figure out how much money she has in her retirement account for her retired life. You are Dominique’s friend who knows finance. How much is Dominique’s savings worth today given that the fund has earned an annual return of 5.5%? (Enter just the number without the $ sign or a comma; round off decimals.) Answer for Question 3 Question 4 (5 points) Gerard has estimated
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Subject: Corporate Finance (3 credits) Reference book: 1. Essentials of managerial Finance: Harcourt College 2000 2. Fundamentals of financial management: Mc Graw Hill 2007 Chapter 01: An overview of Finance What is finance? Finance is concerned with decisions about money (cash flows) Finance decisions deal with how money is raised and used Everything else being equal: * More vale is preferred to less * The sooner cash is received the more value it has * Less risky
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Week 2 Sources of Finance 1) Introduction It was explained in week 1 that this week’s lectures will focus primarily on institutions that provide finance. Finance has been defined by Chadwick and Kirkby (1995‚ p 38) in their book Financial Management (first edition‚ publisher Routledge) as a “system of costs and risks”. As we will see throughout the course‚ the notion of risk from an investor’s point of view is related to whether there is the accrual of the financial returns that are anticipated
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PART A INTRODUCTORY MICROECONOMICS 2 INTRODUCTORY ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS 3 1 WHAT ECONOMICS IS ALL ABOUT? INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS Economics is about economizing; that is‚ about choice among alternative uses of scarce resources. Choices are made by millions of individuals‚ businesses‚ and government units. Economics examines how these choices add up to an economic system‚ and how this system operates. (L.G. Reynolds) Scarcity is central to economic
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WP/07/227 Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries—Organization and Oversight Lev Ratnovski and Aditya Narain © 2006 International Monetary Fund WP/07/227 IMF Working Paper Monetary and Capital Markets Department Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries—Organization and Oversight Prepared by Lev Ratnovski and Aditya Narain Authorized for distribution by David Marston September 2007 Abstract This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views
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Financial Dimensions in Green Management – Understanding Carbon Finance Sudha.S Introduction Environmental consciousness is taking its shape in various dimensions in today’s complex business world. The five mega issues which are impacting the behaviour of companies and in turn their strategies are the Climate Change‚ Polution/Health Consciousness‚ Globalization backlash‚ Energy Crunch and Erosion of Trust.[1] The finance sector is impacted because the world commands a hefty price for Carbon
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I know that when I wake up in the morning‚ that I crave either a coffee‚ or a Mountain Dew. The coffee craving doesn’t bother me too much. I don’t feel bad about having that addiction. But when I crave a Mountain Dew in the morning‚ I know that I have a problem. I know I need to kick the habit‚ and it’s not killing me right now. Nobody thinks about the future effects of what they are doing. If
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1. How should PDVSA finance the development of the Orinoco Basin? Can you define project finance? Is Petrozuata a project? What are the costs and benefits of using project finance instead of the traditional (debt) finance – as Mr. Bustillos said‚ PDVSA could have finance the debt internally (p.7 of the case)? Project finance is a kind of Financing that has a priority does not depend on the creditworthiness of the sponsors proposing the business idea to launch the project. Approval does not even
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The financial activities regard running a corporation. In other words‚ Corporate Finance is mainly concerned with maximizing shareholder value through long-term as well as short-term financial planning along with the implementation of different strategies. Thus‚ this includes everything from capital investment decisions to investment banking falls under the domain of corporate finance. On the other hand‚ the shareholders own a corporation or you could say corporations are owned by its stockholders
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