This syllabus may be subject to changes.
Week 1:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance
Chapter 2: Financial Statements and Cash Flows
Chapter 3: Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Models
Chapter 4: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Week 2:
Chapter 4: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation (cont.)
Chapter 10: Risk and Return: Lessons from Market History
Thursday, Midterm 1: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 10
Week 3:
Chapter 8: Interest Rates and Bond Valuations
Chapter 11: Return and Risk: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) (leave out sections 11.7 and 11.8)
Begin Capital Budgeting Case
Chapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules
Week 4:
Chapter 6: Making Capital Investment Decisions
Chapter 13: Risk, Cost of Capital and Valuation (sections 13.8, 13.9)
Chapter 7: Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting
Week 5:
Monday, Capital Budgeting Case Due
Chapter 9: Stock Valuation
Chapter 14: Efficient Capital Markets and Behavioural Challenges
Chapter 31: International Corporate Finance
Review for final exam
Friday 26th June, Final Exam: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 31