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1. Financial management
Financial Management ( ocw.mit.edu)
As taught in: Summer 2003
Stock ticker. (Photo courtesy of openphoto.net.)
Level:
Graduate
Instructors:
Prof. Jonathan Lewellen
Course Features
Course Description
Technical Requirements
Course Features
Lecture Notes
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TOPICS
Part 1 - Introduction
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1
Introduction (PDF)
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Principles of Valuation (PDF)
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TOPICS
Part 2 - Project and Firm Valuation
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Evaluating Projects (1) (PDF)
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Case: Acid Rain: The Southern Co.
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Evaluating Projects (2) (PDF)
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Firm Valuation (1) (PDF)
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Firm Valuation (2) (PDF)
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Case: Cooper Industries, Inc.
Part 3 - Risk and Return
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Introduction to Risk and Return (PDF)
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Portfolio Theory (PDF)
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CAPM (PDF)
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Discount Rates in Practice (PDF)
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Case: Cost of Capital at Ameritrade
Part 4 - Financing Policy
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Raising Capital (PDF)
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Capital Structure (1) (PDF)
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Capital Structure (2) (PDF)
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Two Cases: Debt Policy at UST, Inc. and MasseyFerguson Ltd. - 1980
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TOPICS
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Market Efficiency (PDF)
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Options (1) (PDF)
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Options (2) (PDF)
Final Exam
Course Description
Financial Management studies corporate finance and capital markets, emphasizing the financial aspects of managerial
decisions. It touches on all areas of finance, including the valuation of real and financial assets, risk management and
financial derivatives, the trade-off between risk and expected return, and corporate financing and dividend policy. The
course draws heavily on empirical research to help guide managerial decisions.
Technical Requirements
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .xls.