Tri Vi Dang Email: td2332@columbia.edu Columbia University Spring 2013 Corporate Finance (ECON W4280) Meeting time: Tu‚ Th 4.10-5.25 Meeting place: Hamilton 503 Office address: IAB 1032 Office hours: Th 11.00-12.00 and other times by appointment Course Description The aim of this introductory course in corporate finance is to provide students with fundamental concepts for understanding firms’ financing decisions and the basic tools for the valuation of a corporation. This course
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Case Solutions Corporate Finance Ross‚ Westerfield‚ and Jaffe 9th edition CHAPTER 2 CASH FLOWS AT WARF COMPUTERS The operating cash flow for the company is: (NOTE: All numbers are in thousands of dollars) OCF = EBIT + Depreciation – Current taxes OCF = $1‚332 + 159 – 386 OCF = $1‚105 To calculate the cash flow from assets‚ we need to find the capital spending and change in net working capital. The capital spending for the year was: | |Capital spending
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Question 1 (1 mark) The methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment: 1) ‘Discounting’ Methods: Net Present Value (NPV): the present value of the future after-tax cash flow minus the investment outlay made initially. The decision rule for the NPV as follows: invest if NPV> 0‚ do not invest if NPV< 0 Internal Rate of Return (IRR): calculates the interest rate that equates the present value of the future after-tax cash flows equal that investment outlay;
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The Handbook of News Analytics \ in Finance Edited by Gautam Mitra and Leela Mitra WILEY A John Wiley and Sons‚ Ltd‚ Publication Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgements xvii About the editors xix About the contributors xxi Abbreviations and acronyms xxv 1 Applications of news analytics in finance: A review Leela Mitra and Gautam Mitra 1.1 Introduction 1.2 News data ’ 1.2.1 Data sources 1.2.2 Pre-analysis’of news data 1.3 Turning qualitative text into quantified metrics and time-series
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2/13/12 Chapter 6 - Agenda • Rating and Ratemaking • Underwriting • Production • Claim settlement • Reinsurance • Investments Copyright © 2011 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 6-1 Rating and Ratemaking • Ratemaking refers to the pricing of insurance and the calculation of insurance premiums – A rate is the price per unit of insurance – An exposure unit is the unit of measurement used in insurance pricing premium = rate * exposure units – Total premiums
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Public Finance 2009-2010 spring semester Chapter 1 - Introduction 1. a. McCain’s statement is consistent with an organic conception of government. Individuals and their goals are less important than the state. b. Locke makes a clear statement of the mechanistic view of the state in which individual liberty is of paramount importance. c. Chavez’s statement is consistent with an organic view of government. The individual has significance only as part of society
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understanding of Finance function of a corporation and build capacity to apply theory in real world situations. The course will present the ‘Big Picture’ of Corporate Finance so that students understand how things fit together. After successfully completing the course‚ students should be able to take optimal decisions in a corporate setting‚ when working as professionals in the field. COURSE OUTLINE Introduction to Corporate Finance: Financial Management; Corporate Finance; Corporate Finance vs. Financial
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AFIN858 Financial Management and Policy Week 1 S1 2014 “INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE” “Where is This Slide From”? • Most of the slides we use in this unit are provided by the Publisher of the required text “…as down-loaded from Connect…” • Sometimes we modify slides by adding or removing content. Other times we use slides from other sources. Occasionally we ‘make’ slides. • Note that lecture slides are not numbered sequentially. • Slides are identified in the lower RHS corner
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Grading Summary These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions‚ and comments from your instructor‚ are in the "Details" section below. Date Taken: 11/22/2014 Time Spent: 1 h ‚ 36 min ‚ 44 secs Points Received: 100 / 100 (100%) Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct: Short 6 N/A Grade Details - All Questions Question 1. Question : (TCO C) Blease Inc. has a capital budget of $625‚000‚ and it wants to maintain a target capital structure of 60% debt
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CORPORATE FINANCE Formative Assessment Some reading: Adams‚ R. B.‚ Hermalin‚ B. E.‚ and Weisbach M. S. (2010) The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework and Survey‚ Journal of Economic Literature‚ Vol 48‚ No.1‚ pp. 58–107. Aggarwal‚ R. et al (2009) Differences in governance practices between US and foreign firms: measurement‚ causes and consequences‚ Review of Financial Studies‚ Vol. Bhagat‚ S.‚ and Bolton B. (2008) Corporate Governance and Firm
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