BUSINESS FINANCE - BUS 332 - Dr. John Zietlow
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* Note: Tutoring/Student Assistance available from 4:30-5:30 pm Mondays in Seminar F, Library.

* Click here to => login to free Gitman support website

         Note:  the HP 10-BII Calculator Guide is especially helpful.

* If you purchased a new book or web access, click here to => login to FinanceWorks
                        (practice "Take a Test" problems prior to exams)

* Get Adobe Reader (free download) for viewing syllabus, game plan
* NEW: Spring 2008 Business Finance Syllabus - same as one distributed in class.
      (Note:  we will use the HP 10-BII calculator - by time we start Chap. 4, purchase at
        Wal-Mart.com, Staples.com, or OfficeMax- or you may use the TI BA-II+ or the TI-83 or TI-83+)
* NEW:  Spring 2008 Business Finance Game Plan/Course Schedule
                    This has the assignments and due dates.
                    (right-click, select Save Target As, then open from saved location)
           
(If needed, may get free Adobe Reader here => Download Reader (unclick "Also download" items)

 * Link to PowerPoint Presentations

 * Link to Homework Check Figures and Complete Solutions (latter posted after due dates)
 * Link to Announcements
 * Link to Excel Assignments
 * Link to Unit I Materials and Exam Date (Chaps. 1-3)
 * Link to Unit II Materials and Exam Date (Chaps. 4-5)
 * Link to Unit III Materials and Exam Date (Chaps. 6-7)
 * Link to Unit IV Materials and Final Exam Date (Chaps. 8-9)
 * Link to COURSE_PROJECT (Note:  for Spr 2008:  Ruby Tuesday, symbol=RT and Chipotle Mexican Grill, symbol=CMG)
 * Link to Group Assignments for Fall 2007
 



PowerPoint presentations for BUS 332, Business Finance

Chap1  Chap2   Chap3   Chap4   Chap5   Chap6   Chap7
Chap8   Chap9  Chap10   Chap11  Chap12   Chap13

NOTE: Right click on the chapter link, then click Save Target As.  You will prompted on where to save--I usually pick Desktop (but you may
    wish to save to a floppy disk for viewing elsewhere later).  Click OK.  Then you can open the presentation up by double-clicking its name, and
    from there you can print.  To print, click Print, then select Handouts (not Slides), Pure Black & White (not Grayscale),
   then 3 to a page (not 6).  Click OK.
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* Here are links to the check figures for the homework:

Click here for=> Check Figures for Chap. 1 Homework
Click here for=> Check Figures for Chap. 2 Homework
Click here for=> Check Figures for Chap. 3 Homework (Depr. exp. should be $1,600 In prob. 3-5)

Click here for=> Check Figures for Chap. 4 Homework
Click here for=> Check Figures for Chap. 5 Homework
Click here for=> Check Figures for Chap. 6 Homework
Click here for=>
 Check Figures for Chap. 7 Homework

Click here for=> Check Figures for Chap. 8 Homework

Click here for=> Check Figures & Complete Solutions for Chap. 9 Homework (DOC)
                                          Check figures & Complete solutions for ch 9 HW - PDF file
                 
                 Note:  Chapter 9 check figures also serve as the Chap. 9 complete solutions.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS FOR FINANCE HOMEWORK (POSTED 2 days AFTER DUE DATES):
**All of these are on the R: shared faculty-student drive, which you can access on campus.


* Announcements:
   (1) Excel 1 worksheet available (see #4 below).
     
  (2) Individual (not group) RT or CMG ratios print-out and cell formulas print-out for 3 years and summary evaluation
       due Wed. 2/20 at beginning of class.

  (3) Course financial ratio analysis and strategic analysis project
    will be on Ruby Tuesday and Chipotle (stock symbols RT and CMG).  
   Course Project link near top of page (above) will take you to the specifics.

 (4) EXCEL ASSIGNMENTS:

   * EXCEL ASSIGNMENT # 1  - Cash Budget Development & Interpretation

* Excel Assignment 1:  Right click the following link, then Save Target As (to floppy or desktop) to get -> Excel 1 Cash Budget worksheet.  Also, once completed, go to Print, Print Area, and Set Print Area after highlighting the entire worksheet (including your answer to question part (b)).  Then you can print out your answers.  Once you have that printed, get to cell formulas by simultaneously holding down the CTRL key and ~ (right below ESC key on top left of keyboard).  Make sure to highlight the formulas part of your worksheet, then print that out.  Turn in both your numbers and your cell formulas printouts on Fri. 10/5  at the beginning of class.
(See below for how to get cell formulas to print.)
        I recommend that you do the work "by hand" with a calculator to know that your numbers are right.
  Also, once completed, go to Print, Print Area, and Set Print Area after highlighting the entire worksheet (including your answer to question part (b)).  Then you can print out your answers.  Once you have that printed, get to cell formulas by simultaneously holding down the CTRL key and ~ (right below ESC key on top left of keyboard).  Make sure to highlight the formulas part of your worksheet, then print that out.  Turn in both your numbers and your cell formulas printouts.
 - Assignment worksheet printouts (2 of them - -one of the number values, the other one for formulas) due 10/5  at beginning of class period.  Print out values (numbers),  then print out cell formulas (use CTRL ~, with the tilde character  just above the ESC key),  and turn in both printouts. 

        - Get helpful cash budget handout here => Cash Budgeting Guidelines Handout

   *  Excel Assignment #2 due at beginning of final exam. Don't forget cell  formulas, too.

   *Download Excel Assignment #2  below (right-click, Save Target As, select hard drive or network space),
       due at beginning of final exam. 
     Print out cell formulas (use CTRL ~, with the tilde character
     just above the ESC key)  numbers, and turn in both. 
  
    Right-Click (Save Target As) here to download: -> Excel Worksheet for Excel #2
                   Ignore any reference to Problem 9-10.  In the part (c), if you put X or Y, you are saying
                  that the company should invest in that project.  See page 361 of your text on how to do IRR in Excel.
                For guidelines, click above for handout to guide you on the Excel project, which is due at the final exam, Friday, April 25, 10 a.m..

(5) EXAMS:  See Course Schedule/Game Plan (link at top of this page).

*  UNIT I:  Chapters 1-3:

The first exam is over Chapters 1-3, and three of the four assigned ethics boxes in this unit, with exam in class on ______.

      + Click here for ETHICS BOX #1
      + Click here for Chapter 2 XLS worksheets (not required, but helpful on ratio calculations).
      + Click here for =>  Calculations Review Handout for Exam I. (only study guide)
             Study concepts, too, for items not excluded.  Especially focus on interpreting calculated numbers.
             - Click here for helpful handout on calculating Operating Cash Flow
      + Click here for => Exam 1 Tables Cover Sheet (first part of cover sheets)
                 Exam 1 Ratios Formulas Cover Sheet (second part of cover sheets)
       + Click here for extra help on DuPont=> DuPont System Handout
                        + Greater Understanding of DuPont and How Companies Use It

     +  Get the DuPont Template for course project (do one for each of the 3 years for course project)
  
   + Statement of Cash Flows Handout (not on exam; use as part of liquidity analysis on course project)
       + Help on how to develop and interpret a Cash Budget

           same item, in PDF format: develop & interpret a Cash Budget
      + Example of financial ratios table (not for exam, but for individual part of the course project)
       + (optional reading)  Role of CFO (from Motley Fool)   
     +  Excel #1 is available above, due ___ at the beginning of class.

* UNIT II:  Chapters 4 & 5:

The second exam is on  Wed. 2/27,  and includes calculations and interpretations
         from Chaps. 4 and 5 as well as the two ethics boxes assigned for these two chapters. 
        Ecclesiastes 11:2 (NIV) & Principle of Diversification.

  Exam Items:
      * Here is the Study & Review Guide for Exam 2.
      * HW Problem 4-45 using HP 10BII for Car Loan Payment
      *  Formulas Cover Sheet that you will be provided with at the 2nd exam.
      *  BONUS ARTICLE on Socially Responsible Mutual Funds

    * Ethics Box for Chapter 5 => What About Moral Risk?

 Other Unit II Materials:
      * Click here for HP-10BII learning modules from HP (ZIP download, 2.8 MB) HP 10-B Learning Modules Zip File.
      * Click here for basic time value of money learning module from HP for the 10BII (included in the above Zip file).

      * Click here for Chapter 4 handout on using HP 10BII to do semi-annual, quarterly, continuous compounding.
      * Click here for Chapter 5 assignment and std. dev. helps.

* UNIT III:  Chapters 6 & 7:

            The third exam, covering Chaps. 6-7, is on Wed. 4/7.

   * Here is the Study & Review Guide for Exam 3.  Note:  Do focus on the stock calculations handout and the bond table
             in the new edition of the textbook.
   * Also, here is the formulas cover sheet you will be provided at the 3rd exam.  And the bond table cover sheet.
   * Make sure you have studied the handout on reading the stock table (below),
      and know how to do all of the calculations.  Also, review the handout on bond value
      calculations (below) and practice YTM calculations on your calculator.
   * Ethics boxes on pp. 247, 289.
   * Handout on Reading the Stock and Bond Tables (covered on Exam 3):
            - Reading the Stock Table (left click to view and then print)
            - Note: also study the bond table exhibit in your text for questions on that
                        (covered in class)           
           - More info on stock market and reading stock pages (BUT NOT ON EXAM)

          - NEW: Reading the Bond Table

     * Handout on Bond Value Calculation using HP 10-BII (for Chap. 6, covered on Exam 3):
           - Calculating the Value and YTM of a Bond using semi-annual interest.
           - Note:  to do YTM, you enter the bond's price with a [+/-] then press the I/YR key to get YTM.

* UNIT IV:  Chapters 8 & 9, Ethics box(es) & Capital Structure Handout (s):

            EXCEL #2 Assignment:
               See above under Announcements (Item #4) for worksheet and instructions.
               
  In the part (c), if you put X or Y, you are saying
                  that the company should invest in that project (X or Y).  If it should do neither, put "neither."
                See page 361 of your text on how to do IRR in Excel.  (TI-83 users, see handout below on how to
                  do keystrokes to check your IRR using your TI-83)
             
            
               The
FINAL EXAM covers Chaps. 8-9, all ethics boxes in 8 and 9,  and capital structure bonus articles (see below).
              It is on Fri. 4/25, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (Bring calculator.)

* Study Guide for Final Exam. NOTE:  STUDY CONCEPTS, TOO, especially Chap. 9 handout.
* Handouts covered on final exam: 
              => Bonus question article for the final exam => Minor League Baseball & Debt
              => Second bonus question article =>  Baseball & Debt
* Extra Practice problem, P8-21
* Explanation of  extra practice problem Problem 8-17 part (a)

* Explanation of Problem 8-14 Year 6 OCI
* Handout on Chapter 9 (important!)
* How-to Guidesheet on Using TI-83 to do NPV and IRR
* Formulas Sheet for Final Exam

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