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2.00 Credits
This course surveys the latest progress in financial economics. Topics include law and finance, corporate governance, media and finance, politics and finance, social network and finance, industrial organization and finance, corporate innovations, and corporate social responsibility and finance. The course will also introduce the basic intuition of modern quantitative techniques for causal analysis such as two-stage-least-squares method using instrumental variables, fixed effects models, propensity score matching, difference-in-difference analysis using natural experiments, and regression discontinuity design.
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2.00 Credits
"The Power of Multiples" is designed to complement "The Valuation Project" (Exploring the DOW and S&P 100), a May Term course completed in 2016 in which students performed and published a valuation analysis of those firms in the DOW 30 and S&P 100 (see www.models.rhaskell.org) using four commonly cited valuation models (KVD, FCF, Econ Profit, and APV). In this course students will be exposed to the use of multiples as tools used to determine valuation targets by a broad range of investors, from the individual investing for their own portfolio to the institutional investor, hedge fund manager or senior partner in private equity. Students will perform an analysis of those firms in the DOW 30 and S&P 100 through the lens of FactSet's FCFF valuation model and will develop a valuation model form using discounted cash flows and valuation multiples to inform a present valuation of each firm's enterprise. Students will have intensive exposure to FactSet, MS Excel, HP10bII +, and the BVGSB Center for Financial Analysis (CFA) and will be involved in preparing and publishing the results of the analysis to a website (www.multiples.rhaskell.org) and Wikipedia. There will be no text for this course, but students will be required to read a range of published articles. Students are expected to have taken FINC 300, be able to perform TVM functions on an HP10bII+, and have access to MS Excel (for which TVM model techniques and skills will be developed). The course will require substantial time in the CFA and group work outside of the classroom.
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2.00 Credits
This course covers advanced investing with a focus on practical strategies that can be employed by the individual investor in their own personal portfolios. Students will learn in-depth financial market dynamics including how to optimize orders, select stocks based on proven value and growth strategies, evaluate bonds and other fixed-income investments, capitalize on key SEC filings and activism-based investing, understand seasonality and other trading patterns, and take advantage of special situation investing.
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2.00 Credits
Everyone needs a plan when it comes to managing their money. This class will help you develop your plan. We will discuss saving and investment strategies, as well as analyze the long term implications of the financial decisions that you make today.
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4.00 Credits
The primary focus of this course is the understanding and application of the concepts of corporate finance, financial markets, and investment in an international context. Students will analyze economic, political, cultural, religious, and demographic factors that impact country financial risk. Specific topics include the international flow of funds, exchange rate determination, managing currency exposure, global investing, political/financial risk analysis, and international capital budgeting from a global perspective. Prerequisite: FINC 300.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to advanced statistical forecasting procedures. The course addresses the process of assessing the need for forecasting, choice of forecasting tools, evaluation of the forecast and how to present results to management. Topics include exploratory data analysis and graphing techniques, data transformations and smoothing multivariate regression models, simultaneous system estimation, and time series analysis.
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4.00 Credits
This course integrates and synergizes the concepts and theories the student has acquired in their undergraduate experience from liberal education courses, undergraduate business core courses, upper division finance courses, and finance elective courses. The emphasis is entirely strategic where the firm is evaluated and valued based on its mission, vision, and goals, within the broad financial context. Application of the concepts/theories will be focused in an entrepreneurial environment.
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4.00 Credits
A novice introduction to the written and spoken structures of the language. Cultural appreciation also emphasized.
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4.00 Credits
Continued development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, as well as cultural appreciation.
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4.00 Credits
An intermediate conversation/composition course with some emphasis on grammar. Prerequisite: FREN 111 or consent of instructor.
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