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---- SPRING 2023 COURSES ---
Columbia University Saturday Seminar
Fordham FNBU 4454 Fin. Modeling
SHU BFIN 4241 Merg.& Acquis.
SHU ECO 2408 Money and Banking
SHU BFIN 4234 & 7331 Derivatives
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BARUCH COLLEGE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
CITY UNITY COLLEGE
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

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Syllabus

Syllabus Spring 2023

Professor's Inbox
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Professor's INBOX

Processor's Email

Class Info/time

Wednesdays 6.30-9:00pm

KE-317

 

Zoom Room

Zoom Link

Active Learning
(access to Assignments):

Active Learning and Textbook

Professor's Biography

Professor's Biography

Office Hours/Remote
(9:00-5pm)

Make an Appointment Link

Wednesdays

6:30pm-9:15pm

KE-317 


Jan 18

Jan 25

Feb 1

Feb 8

Feb 15

Feb 22

Mar 1
(Pre-Recorded Zoom Session)

Mar 8

Mar 15

Mar 22

Mar 29

Apr 5
On-line Class via Zoom

Zoom LINK - Live

Apr 12

 Apr 19

Apr 26

May 3

 

INVESTMENTS

(PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT)

 

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FINANCE
(FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND VALUATION) 

CREDIT ANALYSIS
(LBO, M&A ANALYSIS) 

 

Assigned Chapters

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Link to purchase textbook/active learning

Intro Part 1 - Portfolio Management

Chapter #1

Chapter #2-3

Chapter #3-4

In-Class Financial Modelling
(Portfolio of Stocks)

Project I - Description

Zeus Stock Portfolio Analysis

Yahoo Finance Link

MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW
Chapters
#1-4
(Pre-recorded Zoom Session)

Midterm Exam Review Financial Modelling

 

DISCUSSION ON MIDTERM EXAM AND FINAL PROJECT

Intro Part IV - Company Specific Analysis
 
Chapter #15

Chapter #15
16 (Partial)

Chapter #9

HOME SUITES CASE STUDY

Home Suites Financial Model

In-Class Financial Modelling
(LBO Model)

Project II Description

Public to Private LBO Case Study Template

 

Assigned Lectures & Class Presentations

Introduction to Finance Lecture 0

Lecture 1: Time Value of Money

Lecture 2 Risk, Return, Correlation

Lecture 3 Beta Coefficient, Regression Analysis

Lecture 3b Sharpe Ratios, CAPM, Alpha

         

Lecture 4a Prsentation

Lecture 4b Presentation

Lecture 5 Presentation

Lecture 6 Presentation

Chapter 17 - Valuation for Public and Private Companies

     

Zoom Recordings

   

Zoom Recording 2/1

Zoom Recording 1/8

Zoom Recording 2/15

Zoom Recording 2/22

Zoom Link - Midterm Exam Review

               

Lecture Videos

 

Portfolio Management (Chapter 1-4)

                     

Assigned Spreadsheets

 

TVM Template

Risk, Return & TVM

Coveriance, Correlation & Eff. Frontiers

Betas and Regression Analysis

Sharpe Ratios and CAPM

         

CASE STUDY #1: Celerity Technology Cash Flow and Ratios

         

EXAMS

             

MIDTERM ON-LINE EXAM VIA ACTIVE LEARNING

           

FINAL EXAM

Homework Assignments

(Via Active Learning)

Poroject Assignments

   

Due Chapter 1a & 1b

Due Chapter 2

Due Chapters 3, 4

       

Project I Due (Portfolio of Stocks)

Due Chapters 15

Due Chapters 16

   

Project II Due (LBO Analysis)

Spreadsheet Templates
(homework/assignments/exams) 
Available on Active Learning
 

   

Chapter 1 - TVM Homework

Ch. I Hwk Part A (1-27) Template

Chapter 1b - Risk and Return Homework

Ch. I Hwk Part B (1-10) Template

Chapter 2 Excel Homework Template

Chapter 3 Excel Spreadsheets

Chapter 4 Excel Templates

         

Chapter 15 Excel Template

Chapter 16 Excel Template

     

Project Assignment

                 

Final Project I Description - Stock Portfolio

Zeus Stock Portfolio Analysis (PDF)

Yahoo Finance

     

Individual Final Project due (Upoad on Dropbox) 

 

Relevant Articles/Links

                   

Chapter 15 practice template

Chapter 17 Valuation Analysis - Public Companies