FIN 500 Class Web Page, Spring '13
Weekly SCHEDULE, LINKS, FILES and Questions
| Week | Coverage, HW, Supplements -       
  Required | WSJ Papers Reference | Videos (optional) | 
| Week 1 – Mar 7 | Concept of FV, PV, Rate, Nper Calculation of FV, PV, Rate, Nper Concept of interest rate, compounding rate, discount rate Concept of PMT, NPV Calculation of FV, PV, Rate, Nper, PMT, NPV, NFV Concept of EAR, APR Calculation of EAR, APR Week 1 In
  class solution  - chapter 5 and 6 HW of week 1: Page 144- page 146,  Questions and problems 2, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 20. HW due next Thursday | 1: EU fines Microsoft for broken promise 2: Chinese solar approach faces test 3: UK bank chief calls for RBS split 4: Banks are less stressed over capital plans 5: Companies race to raise cash 6: A Chinese lesson for Germany | Fall of Lehman Brother part i https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPOtQkSiCk8 Fall of Lehman Brother part ii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0N_FX0kUMI&feature=relmfu Fall of Lehman Brother part iii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmZd3vVoPgY&feature=relmfu Fall of Lehman Brother part iv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcO_dQCJ3HA&feature=relmfu Fall of Lehman Brother part v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4gqzRePtes Fall of Lehman Brother part vi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_tnEe4wFk&feature=relmfu  
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| Week 2 – Mar 14 | HW of chapter 6:  1,3,4,12,13,20,24, 27,28,32,34,35,40 , 46 HW of chapter 2: 1,2,3,4 |  |  | 
| Week 3 – Mar 21 | HW of chapter 2: 8,9,10,11,12,13 HW of chapter 3: 1,9,22 |  |  | 
| Week 4 – Mar 28 | Mid
  Term   |  | Mid
  Term Study Guide Multiple
  choices: 2*44=88 
 10.   
  Chapter 6 PV calculation 11.   
  Chapter 6 PMT calculation 12.   
  Chapter 6 FV calculation 13.   
  Chapter 6 PMT calculation 14.   
  Chapter 6 NPER calculation 15.   
  Chapter 6 rate calculation 
 28.   
  Cash flow statement concept 29.   
  Profit margin calculation 30.   
  ROA calculation  31.   
  ROE calculation 32.   
  P/E ration calculation 33.   
  Debt ratio calculation 34.   
  Debt ratio calculation 35.   
   Profit
  margin 36.   
  ROE calculation  37.   
  ROE calculation  38.   
  ROE calculation  39.   
   Current
  asset 40.   
  Net income calculation 41.   
  EAR calculation 42.   
  EAR calculation 43.   
   Uneven cash
  flow calculation 44.   
  Uneven cash flow calculation Short Answer questions (12 points) Use the following income statement and
  balance sheet to work out the cash flow statement of 2008 Extra Credit (4 points) Uneven cash flow calculation | 
| Week 5 – Apr 4 | 
 HW of chapter 7: 4, 5, 6, 7,
  8, 15, 19 from page 229-232 |  | ECB Time Line of Financial Crisis http://www.ecb.int/ecb/html/crisis.en.html The great Euro crisis 2012 | 
| Week 6 – Apr 11 | HW of chapter 8: 1, 2, 3, 4,
  5,7, 12 in page 260 HW : 1, 4, 9, 13,14,15,19 and you can
  work on project II 
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| Week 7 – Apr 18 |  |  |  | 
| Week 8 – Apr 23 | Final
  and Project Due |  |  |